Sample MLA Style Research Paper

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The following links are to sections of sample research papers from actual student papers:

• Title Page
• Outlines: You can do either a full sentence outline or a topical outline but not both.

  • Full Sentence Outline
  • Topical Outline

• Excerpt from body of research paper

This is just the first two pages of a much longer research paper. I have made a few notes in the paper. These appear in bold and are surrounded by brackets [ ]. Most of these notes indicate some common problems when writing.

• Sample Works Cited page
• Sample Annotated Bibliography

  This sample has just the first two entries as examples.