MLA format has never quite been my favorite. I tend to forget the simple things such as having a header with my last name and page number, or even a title on the occasion. However, I have never had a problem correctly citing my sources and giving credit to other people’s work. In screenshot 1 below, I have correctly cited both Kevin Kelley and Nicholas Carr for their personal essays. In that same screenshot, I made sure to use the heading “Works Cited” as it is the proper way of giving credit to other authors. For screenshot 2, I display both my first and last name, my professor’s name, the name of the class, the due date of the project, the title, and the header in the top right. Screenshot 3 includes the introduction which was written in size 12 Times New Roman font that was double spaced, same for the rest of the essay. The evidence provided in the screenshots provide an example of proper formatting for people that are also writing in this format. It is very important to properly organize an MLA paper into the correct format because it is used universally, and each person must have the same layout. Once I ensured that MLA format had been established in my paper, I shifted my focus to local revisions that included fixing my grammar, sentence structure, and proper punctuation. Capitalization was something that I typically do not struggle with, but I kept mixing up “internet” and “Internet” because I was unsure of which one was in MLA format. Even when I read through my essay when I believed that it was done, I continued to find small errors that could have weakened my argument or made me sound like an amateur. These mistakes typically included forgetting a coma, letting my sentences run on too long, and using too many unnecessary words. Performing local revisions by fixing my grammar and sentence level errors was essential in my writing to ensure that my paper was in the proper MLA format.

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