Paper Formatting Basics
Paper Formatting Basics (2)
Works Cited
In-Text Quote Citations
100

What font do you need to use for MLA format?

What is Times New Roman?

100

When numbering your pages of a paper, what is needed for MLA format in your header?

What is your last name and page number? DO NOT USE p., pg., PG., PAGE, or page when numbering the pages.

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

What size font should your be in MLA format?

What is 12 point font?

200

What should still be a part of your formatting on your works cited page?

What is double spacing?

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

What order should your references be listed in?

What is alphabetical order?

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? What is 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: She dove into a vat of chocolate 64
What is: "She dove into a vat of chocolate" (64).
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

Should you be underlining the title of your essay in MLA formatting?

What is no?

500

What must you do to shorter works (poems, article, etc.)?

What is put quotes around it?

500
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).
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