2023年MLA格式说明 MLA 2023 Formatting and Style Guide General Format MLA style specifies guidelines for formatting manuscripts and using the English language in writing.MLA style also provides writers with a system for referencing their sources through parenthetical citation in their eays and Works Cited pages. Writers who properly use MLA also build their credibility by demonstrating accountability to their source material.Most importantly, the use of MLA style can protect writers from accusations of plagiarism, which is the purposeful or accidental uncredited use of source material by other writers. If you are asked to use MLA format, be sure to consult the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (7th edition).Publishing scholars and graduate students should also consult the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (3rd edition).The MLA Handbook is available in most writing centers and reference libraries; it is also widely available in bookstores, libraries, and at the MLA web site.See the Additional Resources section of this handout for a list of helpful books and sites about using MLA style.For an overview of the 2023 guideline changes, please visit the OWL\'s MLA Update 2023 resource. Paper Format The preparation of papers and manuscripts in MLA style is covered in chapter four of the MLA Handbook, and chapter four of the MLA Style Manual.Below are some basic guidelines for formatting a paper in MLA style. General Guidelines white 8.5 x 11-inch paper. · Double-space the text of your paper, and use a legible font (e.g.Times New Roman).Whatever font you choose, MLA recommends that the regular and italics type styles contrast enough that they are recognizable one from another.The font size should be 12 pt.· Leave only one space after periods or other punctuation marks (unle otherwise instructed by your instructor). · Set the margins of your document to 1 inch on all sides.· Indent the first line of paragraphs one half-inch from the left margin.MLA recommends that you use the Tab key as opposed to pushing the Space Bar five times. · Create a header that numbers all pages consecutively in the upper right-hand corner, one-half inch from the top and flush with the right margin.(Note: Your instructor may ask that you omit the number on your first page.Always follow your instructor\'s guidelines.) · Use italics throughout your eay for the titles of longer works and, only when absolutely neceary, providing emphasis.· Type your paper on a computer and print it out on standard, before your Works Cited page.Entitle the section Notes (centered, unformatted). Formatting the First Page of Your Paper · If you have any endnotes, include them on a separate page Do not make a title page for your paper unle specifically requested. your instructor\'s name, the course, and the date.Again, be sure to use double-spaced text. · Double space again and center the title.Do not underline, italicize, or place your title in quotation marks; write the title in Title Case (standard capitalization), not in all capital letters. · Use quotation marks and/or italics when referring to other works in your title, just as you would in your text: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as Morality Play; Human Wearine in \"After Apple Picking\" · Double space between the title and the first line of the text.· Create a header in the upper right-hand corner that includes your last name, followed by a space with a page number; number all pages consecutively with Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.), one-half inch from the top and flush with the right margin.(Note: Your instructor or other readers may ask that you omit last name/page number header on your first page.Always follow instructor guidelines.) Here is a sample of the top half of a first page in MLA style: A sample first page of an MLA-formatted paper. Section Headings Writers sometimes use Section Headings to improve a document’s readability.These sections may include individual chapters or other named parts of a book or eay. Eays MLA recommends that when you divide an eay into sections that you number those sections with an arabic number and a period followed by a space and the section name. 1.Early Writings 2.The London Years 3.Traveling the Continent 4.Final Years Books MLA does not have a prescribed system of headings for books.If you are only using one level of headings, meaning that all of the sections are distinct and parallel and have no additional sections that fit within them, MLA recommends that these sections resemble· In the upper left-hand corner of the first page, list your name, one another grammatically.For instance, if your headings are typically short phrases, make all of the headings short phrases (and not, for example, full sentences).Otherwise, the formatting is up to you.It should, however, be consistent t。