Note here as well that your Works Cited page is also not included in the minimum page length. You will find them in black and white in the MLA Handbook. For details, see Blair section 17a, 259-262. If a source that you are using is not listed in the Blair Handbook, it is your responsibility to consult either the MLA Handbook 5th ed. Unfounded opinions and assumptions do not belong in research-based papers.
Many students are in the habit of asking questions in their essays.
Although questions may sound and appear natural in the flow of your writing, they are inappropriate as your job is to answer questions. It is natural for questions to arise in the course of your writing, just pay attention to them and know that providing answers is your job. If you are among the many with this habit, you will change your ways. These pronouns are vague and imply assumptions about the reader.