Paper Formatting Basics
What font do you need to use for MLA format?
What is Times New Roman?
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.
What is the works cited on?
What is a separate page at the end of your paper?
What must the quote be in when citing it from a book, article, etc.?
What is quotation marks?
This is the size font your entire paper must be.
What is size 12?
What spacing is needed for MLA format?
What is double spacing?
What size paper should your paper be printed on should your teacher request it?
8.5 x 11
What is continued on your works cited page?
What is double spacing?
This is where the period goes when writing a citation at the end of a sentence.
What is after the parentheses?
This is what the acronym MLA stands for.
What is Modern Language Association?
What size margins are needed for the top, bottom, and sides of the page?
What are one inch margins?
Is a title page used?
What is no? (unless specifically told otherwise)
What is the title of a works cited page?
What is Works Cited?
How must you cite the quote if you are using something from that author for the first time you are quoting in your paper?
What is use the author's last name and page number in parentheses?
This is how Works Cited pages are organized.
What is in alphabetical order?
What do you use when indenting a paragraph?
What is TAB?
This punctuation is used to identify longer works (such as a novel) that you talk about in the paper.
What is italics?
When identifying longer works (books, magazines, etc.), what must you do to the title?
What is italicize it?
Correct this: She dove into a vat of chocolate 64
What is: "She dove into a vat of chocolate" (Last Name 64).
This is when you should format your document to MLA.
What is before you start typing?
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 (spelled out!)
This is what you press to insert your page header. (The name of the tab you need to look for to do it!)
What is INSERT?
What must you do to identify shorter works (poems, articles, etc.)?
What is put quotation marks around it?
Correct this: I was walking along the street when I saw a cat and a dog chasing each other Smith 24
What is: "I was walking along the street when I saw a cat and dog chasing each other" (Smith 24).
Gibbons, Reginald, ed. The Poet's Work: 29 Masters of 20th Century Poetry on the Origins and Practice of their Art. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1979. Print.
Which type of source is this citation?
What is a book?