These are general rules for formatting your paper. For more information and examples, see the "Formatting Research Papers" page on the MLA website
*NOTE: The first page of your paper has additional formatting guidelines.
In a title or subtitle, capitalize the first word, last word, and all principal words. (pp. 54-70)
Capitalize the following parts of speech:
Do NOT capitalize the following parts of speech unless they are the first word of the title or subtitle:
Teaching Japanese Culture: A Contextual Approach to Achieving Fluency for the Young Learner
Notice the article "A" is capitalized because it is the first word of the subtitle. The article "the" is not capitalized because it falls in the middle of the subtitle.
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