Essay Format
True or False: Your essay should be single-spaced.
False! Your essay should be double-spaced.
True or False: Your essay title should be simple and basic - titles like "Essay for Class" are just fine.
False! Titles should be creative!
Don't include the page numbers!
True or False: You should include any text you analyzed, quoted, or otherwise used in creating your argument/ essay.
True! You should include any text you analyzed, quoted, or otherwise used in creating your argument/ essay!
__ inch margins on the top, sides, and bottom of your essay. ___ inch indent at the start of every paragraph.
1 inch margins on the top, sides, and bottom of your essay. 1/2 inch indent at the start of every paragraph.
Italicize _____ ______ and put quotation marks around _______ ________.
Italicize longer works/texts and put quotation marks around shorter works/texts.
What are the 2 options for citing quotes in your writing?
(Last name page number) - (Urrea 39)
If author's last name appears before the quote, then just (page number) - (39)
What should you title your Works Cited page?
Works Cited
What 4 things belong on the left side of the beginning of your essay before your title?
1. Student Name
2. Instructor Name
3. Course title
4. Date
What is missing from the sentence from a student's introduction paragraph:
In the novel, The Devil's Highway, we learn about migrants traveling through the desert.
What is the proper citation for page 89 of the text "Examining the US Border," a text with no author?
("Examining the US Border" 89).
What are the 5 parts of a typical citation?
1. Authors last name, first name.
2. Title of work.
3. Publisher.
4. City where it was published,
5. Year it was published.