Paper Formatting Basics
Paper Formatting Basics 2.0
Works Cited
In-Text Quote Citations
100
What font do you need to use for MLA format?
What is Times New Roman?
100

Should your works cited page be double spaced?

What is yes?

100
What is the works cited on?
What is a separate piece of paper from your paper?
100
What must the quote be in when citing it from a book, article, etc.?
What is quotation marks?
200
What spacing is needed for MLA format?
What is double spacing?
200
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
200

What type of indent do you use in your works cited?

What is a hanging indent?
200
If there is a pause between quotes, if someone is speaking, what must you do?
What is add a comma at the end of the first part of the quote along with the end quote, add a comma after he or she said (for example), then pick up the quote where it stopped.
300
What margins are needed for the top, bottom, and sides of the page?
What is one inch margins?
300

Is a title page used?

What is no? (unless specifically told otherwise)

300

Correct this title: HOLDING UP THE HOLLYWOOD STAGECOACH

Holding Up the Hollywood Stagecoach

300

How must you cite the quote if you are using something from that author for the first time?

What is use the author's last name and page number in parentheses?

400

When indenting a paragraph, what is mandatory for MLA format? (two options)

What is 1/2 an inch or 5 spaces?

400
This is used to identify longer works that you talk about in the paper.
What is italics?
400
When identifying longer works (books, magazines, etc.), what must you do to the title?
What is italicize it?
400

Correct this sentence:

I paraphrased material I found on the National Geographic website.

I paraphrased material I found on the (National Geographic) website.

500
What information do you need to put before you put the title to your paper?
What is name, teacher's name, course name, and date (number first, month second)?
500
These are used when referring to other works in the title of your paper.
What is quotes?
500
What must you do to shorter works (poems, article, etc.)?
What is put quotes around it?
500

Correct this: I walked out the front door she said when I noticed the leaves were changing colors Adams 24

What is: "I was walking out the front door," she said, "when I noticed the leaves were changing colors" (Adams 24).

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