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!
__ 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(s) page number) - (Birkenstein and Graff 39)
If author's last name appears before the quote, then just (page number) - (39)
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 text, They Say/ I Say, we learn rhetorical strategies we can use in our own writing.
Every time you introduce a text for the first time, you need to include the author's full name!
What is the proper citation for page 89 of the text "Research Is Fun," a text with no author?
("Research Is Fun" 89).