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LaTeX MLA Template, adapted from https://wso.williams.edu/wiki/index.php/LaTeX_MLA_Template for my own reference
\usepackage[letterpaper]{geometry}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{times}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{lineno}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{listings}
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\geometry{top=1.0in, bottom=1.0in, left=1.0in, right=1.0in}
\doublespacing
%Fancy-header package to modify header/page numbering (insert last name)
\pagestyle{fancy}
\lhead{}
\chead{}
\rhead{Eckert \thepage}
\lfoot{}
\cfoot{}
\rfoot{}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt}
%To make sure we actually have header 0.5in away from top edge
%12pt is one-sixth of an inch. Subtract this from 0.5in to get headsep value
\setlength\headsep{0.333in}
%Works cited environment
%(to start, use \begin{workscited...}, each entry preceded by \bibent)
% - from Ryan Alcock's MLA style file
%
\newcommand{\bibent}{\noindent \hangindent 40pt}
\newenvironment{workscited}{\newpage \begin{center} Works Cited \end{center}}{\newpage }
%
%Begin document
%
\begin{document}
\begin{flushleft}
%%%%Header
Colby Eckert \\
Professor Name \\
Class Title \\
Due Date \\
%Title
\begin{center}
Title
\end{center}
%Changes paragraph indentation to 0.5in
\setlength{\parindent}{0.5in}
%Body
%Works cited
\begin{workscited}
\bibent
\textit{`title.'} this is a works cited entry.
\end{workscited}
\end{flushleft}
\end{document}
\}
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