MLA Essay Format (8th Edition)

[@thenatureofwriting9222]

Please note that there is a revised version of this video available: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIjUqpuOnqqKjLs

[@bonavita5683]

thank you, good luck on your essays everyone!

[@eriakk]

thank you! it took our teacher 4 lessons to show us all these steps. i know she just wanted to take it slow, but i kept forgetting everything every time she showed us a new step

[@thenatureofwriting9222]

Thanks!

[@10litehouse]

I love you for taking the time out of your life to make this video. So simple and understandable, thank you.

[@omnivision7412]

Thanks for telling us how to do our works cited page. So much to know about how to do them citations.

[@tobisachi6989]

Don't forget to change the font in the header to Times New Roman 12.

[@kristinpwalters]

The font in the header should be changed to match the body font. One of my pet peeves. If you are typing in Times, all font should be in times.

[@thenatureofwriting9222]

Another little detail I forgot. Thanks for pointing it out. I may have to redo this video at some point just to correct a couple of oversights.

[@blessedchild4064]

Thank you very much.

[@Voltaire619]

Thanks for the information. Very helpful video!

[@thenatureofwriting9222]

You're welcome!

[@mattkeltz6962]

Thanks for the help.

[@smau._]

thank you!! this helped me so much

[@thenatureofwriting9222]

Glad it helped!

[@sebastiaanbol5778]

How would changing the font affect the word count??

[@thenatureofwriting9222]

Haha! What I meant of course is that you shouldn't try to make it appear as if the word count is right.

[@rachellethompson1498]

He probably meant page count.

[@LaloRacer1]

Thank you!

[@meola53]

In MS word, the page opens on what they consider "Normal" spacing with for them is 1.5. I always switch to "No spacing" to get true double spacing. I think this would alleviate the extra space after the paragraph!

[@thenatureofwriting9222]

Interesting suggestion. Where do you see the option for "no spacing"?

[@meola53]

At the top of the page where you see the AaBb, etc. When you open a new document, normal is highlighted. Just move one over, and it says no spacing. The document is then single spaced and you can change to double.

[@thenatureofwriting9222]

Thanks -- I see it now. That's a most helpful suggestion!

[@wenjunhuithecarrot6338]

I have a question. I'm working on a group essay and I have NO IDEA of where to put my groupmates names or how the pagination would look like since there are 3 writers of the essay. I need help! my paper is due tomorrow and I'm literally drowning in my tears!

[@thenatureofwriting9222]

Great question. I think that you would list your names in the usual place (top left on page 1) in alphabetical order. Pagination shouldn't change, but you can add all your last names before the page number.

[@wenjunhuithecarrot6338]

The Nature of Writing thank you so much 😁😁

[@tamilisenbee7058]

Very informational viedo Thank You

[@thenatureofwriting9222]

You're welcome!

[@butcheryandbroth]

How would changing font effect word count? :)

[@shizaanwar4466]

thinking the same

[@MM-yx3cn]

Isnt there two titles for mla? Creative and informative?

[@drjaydeepchakrabarty]

Thank you so much. It will be very useful for my scholars students

[@thenatureofwriting9222]

Glad it was helpful!

[@OneAccordFitness]

Thank you for this!

[@MsPiaLee]

What if there are two professors (in a header) ?

[@shivigoel2372]

👍🏼 thanks man

[@antony3488]

Helpful 3:28

[@priyankabharali5257]

Can we use subhidings in the main body of writing while writing a paper in MLA format??

[@thenatureofwriting9222]

style.mla.org/styling-headings-and-subheadings/

[@melanieward7080]

You may want to revise this to accurately display the format of the date. Day Month Year, no punctuation.

[@thenatureofwriting9222]

Thanks. It's on my to do list!

[@thenatureofwriting9222]

For the revised version of his video, see kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIjUqpuOnqqKjLs

[@FreakAboutSims3]

They don’t require you to put the date in DD/MM/YYYY anymore? 😯

[@evan.5967]

They do. You're right -- the format for the date is DD/MM/YYYY. I apologise for this error, I have already pinned another comment mentioning that. Thanks.

[@Livyhemi]

THANK YOUUU

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[@mavisdom-animeonpiano]

The header needs to be in times new Roman too

[@daygala7094]

how many paragraph should it have?

[@thenatureofwriting9222]

As many as you need. :)

[@sunnylynngodinez7204]

Ok I’m doubling click and nothing popping up ughhh this is stressing me out over a header

[@thenatureofwriting9222]

The instructions are for MS Word. Perhaps you're using an older version or a different program. You can also access the header in other ways, e.g., by going to the option for inserting page numbers.

[@anubhavluitel]

00:34 How can changing the font size help get us the word count right? 😂😂

[@thenatureofwriting9222]

Fair enough. What I meant and what I said didn't quite match. :) There's a new version of this video though.

[@anubhavluitel]

@@thenatureofwriting9222 I did watch the new video and it helped a lot. Thank you for putting it so simply that it C was easily understandable.

[@Tzou45]

2:08

[@fionapayte8924]

what if there are multiple researchers?

[@thenatureofwriting9222]

Great question. In that case MLA suggests creating a separate title page, where you would list all the authors: style.mla.org/formatting-papers/

[@fionapayte8924]

@@thenatureofwriting9222 ooh okay. Thank you!

[@themis.air.rubi.]

It has not said us how to quotation

[@thenatureofwriting9222]

For integrating quotations, check out our extensive guide here: natureofwriting.com/courses/essay-writing/lessons/using-quotations/

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