Avoid going to Jail!!! (jk, no one goes to jail while they are in middle school) (or, at least stealing ideas and losing your good reputation).
Purdue OWL: MLA Formatting and Style Guide
MLA (Modern Language Association) style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities. This resource, updated to reflect the MLA Handbook (8th ed.), offers examples for the general format of MLA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the Works Cited page.