Paper Formatting Basics
Paper Formatting Basics (2)
Works Cited
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What font do you need to use for MLA format?
What is Times New Roman?
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When numbering your pages of a paper, what is needed for MLA format?
What is your last name and page number? DO NOT USE p., pg., PG., PAGE, or page when numbering the pages.
100

Where is the works cited page on?

What is... on a separate page from your actual essay?

100
What must the quote be in when citing it from a book, article, etc.?
What is quotation marks?
200
What spacing is needed for MLA format?
What is double spacing?
200

Where and how far from the top margin should your page numbers be?

What is right side of the page at 1/2 an inch from top margin?

200

What spacing does your works cited page have?

What is double spacing?

200

How do you categorize or order the Works Cited page?

What is... in alphabetical order by last name?


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What margins are needed for the top, bottom, and sides of the page?
What is one inch margins?
300

Is a title/ cover page used?

What is no? (unless specifically told otherwise)

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What must be capitalized, but also, what must not be capitalized?
What is titles must be capitalized, but articles (the, a, an) must not?
300
How must you cite the quote if you are using something from that author for the first time?
What is use the author's last name and page number in parentheses?
400
When indenting a paragraph, what is mandatory for MLA format? (two options)
What is 1/2 an inch? What is 5 spaces?
400

This is used to identify longer works that you talk about in the paper. For instance, think of when you mention a Book title, Movie title, or title of a Scholarly Journal. 

What is italics?

(e.g. Mean Girls; The Odyssey; Nature)

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When identifying longer works (books, magazines, etc.), what must you do to the title?

What is italicize it?

400

What is it called when you want to distinguish one entry from another in the works cited page? 

What is: hanging indents? 

(This is when you indent the second and subsequent lines of citations by 0.5 inches to create a hanging indent.)

500

What information do you need to put before you put the title to your paper?

What is name, instructor's name, course name, and date (day month year)?

500

These are used when referring to other works in the title of your paper. For instance, when you cite something word for word, what is/are it/they called?

What is quotes?

500

What must you do to shorter works (poems, articles, essays, etc.)?

What is put quotes around it?

"How to Avoid Doomscrolling" 

"The Red Wheelbarrow" 

500

Correct this: I was walking along the street she said when I saw a cat and a dog chasing each other Smith 24

What is: "I was walking along the street," she said, "when I saw a cat and dog chasing each other" (Smith 24).

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