Academic Reports
Leyden uses MLA
- reports for school usually for research
- essays
- research papers
Leyden uses MLA
- MLA
- Standard way of formatting a report
- Developed by the Modern Language Assosication
MLA Page Format
- 1” margins on all sides
- .5” indents (use tab key)
- first sentence of paragraph
- Entire document double space
- 12 point Times New Roman font
- Four line heading
- Your name
- Teacher’s name
- Class name
- Date
- military style
- Date Month Year no commas
- 30 January 2013
- Header
- Last name
- Page #
- Right aligned
- Title
- Center on line below four line heading
- Initial Caps
- First letter of important words capitalized
- First letter of title is always capitalized
- Body
- Main content of report
- Begins on line below title
- First sentence .5” indent (tab)
Common Errors
- Be sure to double space four line heading
- Do not put four line heading in header
- Do not put extra blank lines after four line heading, title, or paragraphs
- paper already double spaced
- Be sure font is consistent