MLA FORMAT
This is the font style that must be set before typing.
What is Times New Roman?
This is the order of information that goes in parenthesis after quoting from a chaptered novel.
What is page number, semicolon, and chapter number?
Both of these conditions serve as the way entries are listed in a Works Cited.
What are
1) alphabetically by author,OR
2) alphabetically by title (if there is not author)?
This is the first step for developing the body paragraph.
What is to indicate the contextual focus?
This sentence has TWO "Don't you Dare" examples:
A. In this quote, we can see that Don's emotional outbursts make Dusty feel uncomfortable.
B. Don's inability to control his emotions makes Dusty feel uncomfortable .
A. In this quote, we can see that Don's emotional outbursts make Dusty feel uncomfortable.
This is the font size that must be set before typing.
What is 12pt?
This is what is placed within parenthesis after setting up a scene OR quoting one or more characters' spoken words from a film.
What is the time marker?
EX: (01:10:52)
This is what you must provide when a source does not have a date of publication, and this is where you must provide it.
What is an Accessed date, provided after the URL / at the end of the entry?
This is the minimum number of sentences for the length of a body paragraph.
What is 12?
This sentence has TWO "Don't you Dare" examples:
A. Through imagery, Walters effectively captures the pain of the brokenhearted.
B. Walters does a fantastic job but can't seem to find respect from the other men.
B. Walters does a fantastic job but can't seem to find respect from the other men.
This is the spacing that must be set before typing.
What is double?
This goes in parenthesis when quoting from a researched source with an author and title.
What is the author's last name?
This is what must be done to every line after the first line of an entry.
What is indented (one tab)?
This is what must be done immediately after quoting from or describing in detail a scene from the text.
What is to remind reader of contextual focus indicated in the first sentence?
This sentence has TWO "Don't you Dare" examples:
A. Forced labor remains a serious problem in parts of India, a leader in the apparel industry.
B. Forced labor is a huge problem in parts of India, which you can see is big in the apparel industry.
B. Forced labor is a huge problem in parts of India, which you can see is big in the apparel industry.
This is the number to which the Spacing After must be set before typing.
What is zero?
This goes in parenthesis when quoting from a researched source with an no author and no date of publication.
What is the first two or three words of the article's title?
This is what must be done to every first letter of every proper word in an article's title -- even if the original source does not do it.
What is capitalize?
This is what must be done to bring closure to the body paragraph.
What is to rephrase -- in one sentence -- the first two sentences of the paragraph?
This is the consequence for failing to submit your Major Project by the deadline (before leaving our Final Exam window).
What is zero credit, with no chance to revise?
This is the margin measurement that must be set before typing.
What is one inch?
This is the correct way to use quotation marks when quoting a narrator and a character speaking:
A. "'What did you say, bruh?' Biffy asked"
B. ""I didn't say nuttin', bruh!" Jiffy answered"
What is A?
"'What did you say, bruh?' Biffy asked"
These are the three of the places where a URL can be "broken" so that part of it can fit onto a line of the entry.
What are
* after a forward slash,
* after an underscore,
* after a number sequence, and
* after a dash or hyphen?
This is what must be done immediately after reminding the reader of the contextual focus.
What is to provide a direct quote from a researched source?
This is the consequence for using AI, ChatGPT, or an outside source (without properly quoting, citing, and documenting it) anywhere in your Major Project.
What is a zero for the Major Project, thus a failing grade for the course.