Paper Formatting Basics
MLA format traditionally uses this font.
What is Times New Roman?
In MLA format, this information is included as a part of the page numbering.
What is the writer's last name and page number?
The works cited is placed at this place in the paper.
What is after the end of the paper, on its own page?
Short, direct quotes must always be denoted by this punctuation mark in a properly cited MLA paper.
What are quotation marks?
The length of a long quote as defined by MLA format.
What is 5 or more lines of text in the paper?
In MLA format, page numbers should be located on this side of each page.
What is the right side of the page?
Long quotes receive these two special treatments in an MLA-formatted paper.
What is indented and NOT indicated by quotation marks?
Citations must be present when incorporating these forms of research/evidence.
What are quotes, paraphrases, and summaries?
These go inside the quotation marks when they come at the end of a sentence.
What are commas and periods?
In works cited entries, how should titles be formatted?
What is all of the big words in a title are capitalized?
An author must cite this information when using an idea from a source when the lead in does not include the information?
What is use the author's last name and page number in parentheses following the quote?
This type of information does not require a citation.
What is common knowledge?
In MLA format, it is necessary to indent new paragraphs by this much.
What is 1/2 inch? What is 5 spaces?
Correct the formatting of this quote so that it is in proper MLA format: She dove into a vat of chocolate Jones, 64.
What is: "She dove into a vat of chocolate" (Jones 64).
The discipline where MLA format is most likely to be used.
What is English?
An author must include these pieces of information in the first page header before the title in a correctly MLA-formatted paper.
What is student's name, teacher's name, course name, and due date (day, month, then year)?
Correct the formatting of this quote so that it is in proper MLA format: 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).
These resources are available for consultation on MLA format.
What are online writing cites and the teacher [Side note: You do NOT need to memorize all aspects of MLA format...just know where to find answers!]