WHAT IS MLA FORMAT?
It is a style recommended by the Modern
Language Association for preparing student research papers and
scholarly manuscripts. It concerns itself with the mechanics
of writing, such as punctuation and quotations, as well as the
documentation of sources. MLA style has been used by colleges,
universities, and instructors for nearly half a century.
There are other styles for citing
resources in a research paper—including American Psychological
Association (APA), Turabian, and Chicago Manual of Style—but
the MLA is the most widely used format for documenting outside
sources in papers.
The MLA style may at first seem complicated,
but it is not.

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