Last name of author and page number, ½" from top of page and flush right Brown 1

Laura M. Brown

Professor Johnson

English 102, Section 1243

7 April 1996

Name and class information double spaced, flush left.

Page margins 1" top, bottom and sides. MS Word's default of 1 ¼" is acceptable on sides.

Title of Paper Centered

The title of the paper is double spaced below the name information. The title is NOT in all capitals, NOT underlined, and NOT in quotation marks.

The start of the body of the paper is double spaced below the title. Normally the body of the paper will be double spaced.

The page number at the top right of the first page is optional. All pages must be numbered with author's last name and Arabic number starting on page 2. MLA page numbers do NOT have the author's first name and do NOT have "page" in front of the number.