Paper Formatting Basics
Paper Formatting Basics (2)
Works Cited
In-Text Quote Citations
100
What font do you need to use for MLA format?
What is Times New Roman?
100
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
What is the works cited on?
What is a separate piece of paper from your paper?
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 space formatting is still in play on your works cited page?

What is double spacing?

200
If there is a pause between quotes, if someone is speaking, what must you do?
What is add a comma at the end of the first part of the quote along with the end quote, add a comma after he or she said (for example), then pick up the quote where it stopped.
300
What margins are needed for the top, bottom, and sides of the page?
What is one inch margins?
300

Is a title page used?

What is no? (unless told otherwise, like in this class)

300

What must be capitalized in your Works Cited? 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.
What is italics?
400
When identifying longer works (books, magazines, etc.), what must you do to the title?
What is italicize it?
400
Correct this: She dove into a vat of chocolate 64
What is: "She dove into a vat of chocolate" (64).
500
What information do you need to put before you put the title to your paper?
What is name, teacher's name, course name, and date (number first, month second)?
500

These are used when referencing direct material from other works in the body of your paper.

What is quotes?

500
What must you do to shorter works (poems, article, etc.)?
What is put quotes around it?
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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