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The following is an excerpt from the\u00a0MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations<\/em>, ed. Joseph Gibaldi and Walter S. Achtert (New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 1977), pp.\u00a044\u201348.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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19\u00a0 \u00a0 Spacing<\/strong><\/p>\n

The research paper should be double-spaced throughout, including quotations and notes. (On the placement of notes, see \u00a730.) \u2026<\/p>\n

20\u00a0 \u00a0Margins<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leave margins of one inch at the top, bottom, and both sides of the text. \u2026 Indent the first word of a paragraph [0.35 inches] from the left margin; indent quotations [0.5 inches] from the left margin (see \u00a714). \u2026<\/p>\n

21\u00a0 \u00a0 The Title<\/strong><\/p>\n

A research paper [should have] a title page [that includes] the title, author\u2019s name, instructor\u2019s name, course number, and date of submission. \u2026 [Note that this page] is not counted as the first page of the paper\u2026.<\/p>\n

The title is never put in quotation marks, [italicized,] underlined, or capitalized in full. (For capitalization, see \u00a715.) Words are [italicized] in the title only if they would also be [italicized] in the text (see \u00a710h).<\/p>\n

Local Television Coverage of Recent International News Events<\/p>\n

The Attitude toward Violence in Anthony Burgess\u2019\u00a0A Clockwork Orange<\/em><\/p>\n

Vergil and the\u00a0Locus Amoenus<\/em>\u00a0Tradition in Latin Literature<\/p>\n

The Use of the Noun\u00a0Chevisaunce<\/em>\u00a0in Chaucer and Spenser<\/p>\n

A period should not be used after titles or any centered headings, including Roman numerals used alone as section headings (see \u00a722). The title ordinarily does not carry a symbol or number referring to a note. (Editors will occasionally violate this practice to cite the source of the work being printed.)<\/p>\n

22\u00a0 \u00a0Divisions of the Text<\/strong><\/p>\n

Term papers rarely have formal divisions. Related groups of paragraphs may be separated from the preceding and following groups of paragraphs by skipping three lines (i.e., by double-spacing twice). In longer papers \u2026, unified sections of thought are sometimes numbered (usually with Roman numerals); a subtitle may also be added (II.\u00a0From 1965 to 1971). The number and the subtitle appear four lines below the last line of the previous section and are either centered on the page or typed flush with the left margin. The first paragraph of the new section begins four lines below the subtitle. \u2026<\/p>\n

23\u00a0 \u00a0Tables and Illustrations<\/strong><\/p>\n

Illustrative material should be placed [on separate pages after the main text and before the bibliography]. Tables are usually labeled as \u201ctables,\u201d given Arabic numerals, and captioned; both label and caption should be completely in capital letters. Place the statement of the source of a table and any notes to the table immediately below the table; do not number the notes in the same series as the notes to the text (common practice is to use lowercase letters for notes to tables). Double-space throughout, ruling as needed.<\/p>\n

Other types of illustrative material\u2014photographs, maps, line drawings, graphs, charts, and so forth\u2014should be labeled as \u201cfigures\u201d (often abbreviated), assigned Arabic numbers, and given titles or captions (Fig.\u00a01. Cousin,\u00a0Eva Prima Pandora<\/em>, Louvre). \u2026<\/p>\n

24\u00a0 \u00a0Pagination<\/strong><\/p>\n

Number pages consecutively throughout the manuscript in the upper right-hand corner. \u2026 Do not punctuate page numbers by adding periods, hyphens, or other characters. \u2026<\/p>\n

25\u00a0 \u00a0Corrections and Insertions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Proofread and correct the research paper \u2026 carefully [before<\/em>\u00a0printing the final draft for submission]. \u2026<\/p>\n

26\u00a0 \u00a0Binding<\/strong><\/p>\n

[All the pages of the research paper] should be [secured by a single staple\u00a0<\/em>before being] handed in. \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following is an excerpt from the\u00a0MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, ed. Joseph Gibaldi and Walter S. Achtert (New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 1977), pp.\u00a044\u201348. \u2026 19\u00a0 \u00a0 Spacing The research paper should be double-spaced throughout, including quotations and notes. (On the placement of notes, see \u00a730.) 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