Paper Formatting Basics
"The Earth is round." (Fiona Sheller 73-76)
Take out . before "
Take out Author's first name
Choose 1 number
Period after last )
What must the quote be in when citing it from a book, article, etc.?
What is quotation marks?
What does MLA stand for?
Modern Language Association
Where and how far from the top margin should your page numbers be?
What is right side of the page at 1/2 and inch from top margin
The text states, "she too can be great"(23 Soughton)
Space between last quotation mark and start of (
Author's Last Name first
Page number after Author's Last Name
Period after )
What type of punctuation belongs inside of an in-text citation?
What color font is used in MLA format?
Black
The novel eludes to many instances of foreshadowing such as when Dolly takes the knife and plunges it into the wall. (364).
Remove the period after wall
Remove spaces between the paraphrased info and the (
Add Author's last name to in-text citation
How do you acknowledge where a quote came from?
What is use the author's last name and page number in parentheses?
MLA style citation and documentation is used to prevent what?
Plagiarism
When indenting a paragraph, what is mandatory for MLA format? (two options)
What is 1/2 an inch? What is Tab?
This formatting function is used to identify longer works like books, journals, and databases.
What is italics?
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Title: The Great Gatsby
Location: At the top of page 125
(Fitzgerald 125).
What does it mean to paraphrase?
Putting source ideas into your own words.
When do you use the author's first name?
Only when you use first and last name. Otherwise, never refer to the author by first name only.
What information do you need to include in your heading before you add the title to your paper?
What is student's name, teacher's name, course name, and date (day month year)?
Titles of articles belong in these.
What are quotation marks?
Author: Rhonda Ramsey
Article title: "Wheat and Weather"
Journal Title: Farm Weekly
Location: the last paragraph on page 3
(Ramsey 3).
If you use a direct quote from a source, where does your end mark go?
After the last ).
When is it okay to use slang or text language in an academic essay?
I will also accept: ONLY in direct quotes and enclosed in quotation marks.