Paper Formatting Basics
This font is used for MLA Formatting
What is Times New Roman?
What is your last name and page number?
This is where the works cited page is found in a paper
What is at the end on a separate page?
These are used to identify a quote when citing it from a source
What is quotation marks?
What is double spacing?
Your page number should be this far from the top margin
What is 1/2 an inch from top margin
This spacing should be used on your works cited page
What is double spacing?
These two things must be included if you are used a quote from that author for the first time
What is use the author's last name and page number in parentheses?
This size margin is needed for the top, bottom, and sides of the page
What is one inch margins?
A title page is either used or not used in MLA Formatting
What is not used? (unless specifically told otherwise)
This must be capitalized when mentioned in your paper
What is titles of works (articles, poems, books, etc)
If you mention the name of the author in the same sentence as the quote, you need this in the citation
What is the page number?
Paragraph indents should be one of these two sizes
What is 1/2 an inch? What is 5 spaces?
This is used to identify the title of a longer work (books, magazines, etc.)
What are italics?
Correct this: She dove into a vat of chocolate Smith 64
What is: "She dove into a vat of chocolate" (Smith 64).
This information is found above the title of the paper
What is name, teacher's name, course name, and date?
These are used when referring to other works in the title of your paper.
What is quotes?
These are used to indicate the title of a shorter work (poems, article, etc.)
What are quotation marks?