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How to format a paper in MLA style : First Page

MLA formatting

Checklist

Margins - Leave margins of one inch at the top and bottom and on both sides of the text. 

Font - ​Times New Roman with the font size of 12pt. Indent the first line of a paragraph half an inch from the left margin. Indent set-off quotations half an inch as well.

Running Head with Page Numbers - all pages consecutively throughout the research paper in the upper right-hand corner, half an inch from the top and flush with the right margin. Type your last name, followed by a space, before the page number

INSERT --> PAGE NUMBER --> top of the page (choose right alignment)
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TItle -  Do not italicize or underline your title, put it in quotation marks or boldface, or type it in all capital letters.

First page

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