How do I show the blank space between stanzas when quoting from a poem?
Use a single line space to separate stanzas of poetry, as in this excerpt from Felicia Hemans’s “The Image in Lava”: Thou thing of years… Read More
Use a single line space to separate stanzas of poetry, as in this excerpt from Felicia Hemans’s “The Image in Lava”: Thou thing of years… Read More
The International Standards Organization recommends writing dates with numerals in year-month-day format (e.g., 2018-10-24) because it is useful when people need to convey information across… Read More
A table of contents is generally used for longer projects such as theses or dissertations, but if you are required to include a table of… Read More
There are many possible ways to format an appendix. A rule of thumb is to let the content guide the choice of format. Types of… Read More
Mistakes in formatting can be complicated to resolve, but you can customize solutions . . . Read More
An abstract of a work, usually of an essay, is a concise summary of its main points . . . Read More
The first page of an essay should be numbered 1. Therefore, if you are preparing an essay that includes a title page, do not number… Read More
The MLA has never offered guidance on formatting outlines. The seventh edition of the handbook notes that there are many types of outlines and that… Read More
In an index or sortable list of titles, MLA style follows the The Chicago Manual of Style, which recommends placing initial articles at the end of the… Read More
When you refer to the names of headers or titled sections in a work, you may style them with or without quotation marks as long… Read More