MLA Title Examples

When you are required to have a title on an assignment, it should have two parts separated by a colon, be centered (not indented), follow MLA capitalization rules for titles, and contain no special font style or different font sizes from the rest of the assignment. The examples below should give you sufficient demonstration of these formatting requirements. Please ask about them if you are not sure about some of the features:

  • Sitting in the Stands: Disappointment on Graduation Day
  • Telling the Boss Off: How I Learned to Stand Up to a Tyrant
  • Lower Test Scores: How "No Child Left Behind" Leaves Every Child Behind
  • Turning Our Backs on Spirit: A Defense of Senior Class Disrespect
  • Let Them Fight to the End: An Alternative to Our Present Form of Capital Punishment
  • Keep Them Off the Roads: How to Improve DUI Law Enforcement