Presentation & Formatting EE

Required Formatting:

The extended essay should be written in a clear, correct and formal academic style, appropriate to the subject from which the topic is drawn. Given that the extended essay is a formally written research paper, it should strive to maintain a professional, academic look. 

To help achieve this, the following formatting is required:

• 12-point, readable font (Arial or Times New Roman);

• double spacing throughout entire Essay;

• page numbering;

• no candidate or school name or supervisor name on the title page or page headers.

Submitting the extended essay in the required format will help set the tone of the essay and will aid readability for on-screen assessment by examiners.

Required Structure:

The structure of the essay is very important. It helps students to organize the argument, making the best use of the evidence collected. 

There are six required elements of the final work to be submitted. More details about each element are given in the “Presentation” section. Please note that the order in which these elements are presented here is not necessarily the order in which they should be written. 

Six required elements of the extended essay:

1. Title page

2. Contents page

3. Introduction

4. Body of the essay

5. Conclusion

6. References and bibliography -- if MLA "Works Cited".