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Fun with Microsoft Word:
Page Numbering in MLA
MLA specifies how you number your pages
Start at ½” from the top of the page
Use your last name, then a space, then the page number
Start page numbering on your second page
Have your page numbers align to the right
Step 1
In Microsoft Word, you set your page numbering format within a header.
Click view in the menu bar.
Choose the “Header and Footer” selection
Step 2
Once the header box appears, choose the “Align Right” option from the Format toolbar
Step 3
Type your last name in the header box
Put in a space using the spacebar
Choose the “Insert Page Number” button from the Header and Footer toolbar
Step 4
MLA prefers page numbering on all but the first page
Click on the Page Setup option
Select “Different first page”
Step 5
Then go into the header on the first page and delete your name and the page number.
Step 6
Click the “Close Header and Footer” button from the Header and Footer toolbar
Microsoft Word will switch back to the normal page view, removing the header box and its toolbar
Step 7
Proofread your paper carefully
Print out your paper
"The Page number and style..."
The Page number and style will not appear on your screen in the normal view
To see how it will look
printed, select the “Print
Preview” option from the
File menu
Select “Close”
from the pre-
view toolbar
to go back to
the normal
view
Step 8
Prepare paper for Submission
Staple pages together, including Work/s Cited
Attach completed Peer Review Sheets
Turn paper in for grading
Internal Citations:
Quoting from Literature
When quoting from prose literary texts in your paper
Mention author’s name
In sentence or parentheses
List page number in parentheses
Integrate the quotation
In the paragraph, if four lines or less in length
By setting it aside within the paragraph, double-indenting, if it goes over four typed lines (from left to right margin)
Examples from the Book
Name
Teacher
Class
Date
     Paper #5: The Evil Character
     In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s
Stone by J, K. Rowling,one character,
Hermione Granger is portrayed as a
sweet Muggle child, but she really
cloaks a hidden layer of evil.  In fact, she
repeatedly is rude to  others, even using
complicated spells against others who
cannot defend themselves. For example,
Hermione uses one against Neville
near the end of the book. She is aware of
The harm she could cause him, as she
admits, “Neville, . . . I’m really, really
sorry about  this” (Rowling 273).
                                                    Student 2
     This pattern of rudeness and abuse
is established earlier in the book when
it is made apparent that Hermione
Granger will hurt anyone, even a
teacher:
               Hermione had fought her
          way across to the stand where
          Snape stood, and was now rac-
          ing along the row behind him;
          she didn’t even stop to say sorry
    as she knocked Professor Quir-
          rel headfirst into the row in front.
          Reaching Snape, she crouched
          down, pulled out her wand, and
          whispered a few well- chosen
          words. Bright blue flames shot
          from her wand onto the hem of
          Snape’s robes. (Rowling 191)
Obviously, Hermione has no sense of
politeness, as her treatment of Quirrel