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ENC 0027 (Cowden): Paper Formatting

General Rules

Here are a few general rules for an MLA paper:

1 inch margins.
double-spacing.
header with your last name and the page number in the upper-right-hand corner of each page.

Sample Paper

Here is a sample paper in the MLA format from the MLA web site.

Some Ti[ps for Formatting an MLA Paper in Word

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