Paper Formatting Basics
The traditional font for MLA style.
What is Times New Roman?
Format for dates in the heading and works cited page.
What is day month year (no commas
Location of works cited page
What is the end of essay on a separate piece of paper/page?
This should NOT start a sentence.
What is a quotation?
The spacing needed for MLA format.
What is double spacing?
The location and contents of a running header.
What is right side of the page at 1/2 inch from top margin, including your last name and page #.
How your works cited should be spaced.
What is double spacing?
When you mention the author’s name in the sentence introducing a quote, MLA in-text citations only require this inside the parentheses.
What is the page number?
The margin size needed for the top, bottom, and sides of the page.
What is one inch margins?
Is a title page needed?
What is no? (unless specifically told otherwise)
Always capitalized in the works cited and when mentioned in the essay.
What are titles?
What is the author's last name and page number in parentheses?
Mandatory for the start of each paragraph.
What is indentation of 1/2 an inch or 5 spaces?
This is used to identify longer works that you talk about in the paper.
What is italics?
The errors in this entry: (two)
Behbahani, Kayla, and Amber Thompson. "Why Doctors Fear Seeking Mental Health Treatment." Washington Post, 17 May 2020. SIRS Issues Researcher, https://explore.proquest.com/sirsissuesresearcher/document/2409387608?accountid=3194.
What is hanging indent and italicize SIRS Issues Researcher?
If a source has no listed author, MLA requires you to use this in the in-text citation instead of an author’s last name.
What is a shortened version of the title?
Information needed in the heading in order.
What is name, teacher's name, course name, and date (number first, month second)?
This punctuation is used for shorter works (titles of short stories, poems, articles, etc.).
What is use quotation marks?
Needed for 2nd and subsequent lines of works cited entries.
What is hanging indent?
Correct this: 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).