Paper Formatting Basics
Paper Formatting Basics (2)
Works Cited
In-Text Quote Citations
Work Cited Part Deux
100
What font do you need to use for MLA format?
What is Times New Roman?
100

When numbering the pages of your paper, what is needed for MLA format?

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

100

Where will you find the works cited page?

What is on a new, separate piece of paper from the rest of your essay?

100
What must the quote be in when citing it from a book, article, etc.?
What is quotation marks?
100

What element (author, year, title, source) goes in the first part of a reference listing on the Works Cited Page?

What is the author(s).

200
What spacing is needed for MLA format?
What is double spacing?
200

Where does the title of your paper go?

What is centered at the beginning of your essay, following the heading?

200

What spacing is used in your works cited page?

What is double spacing?

200
What is usually not used when quoting from a webpage or other online source?

What is page number.

200

Where might you look to find some clues as to who wrote an "authorless" source?

What is the "About" or "About Us" section or the URL?
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 words must be capitalized, but also, what words must not be capitalized?

What is titles must be capitalized, but articles (the, a, an) must not?

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?
300

What should you do if you cannot find an author for your source?

What is use the title of the piece in the first part of your reference listing?

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).
400

How do you list the following authors in a works cited listing?  Allie Gibson, Kathleen Steibel and Freddy Jones

What is Gibson et al.?

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 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).

500

What is the listing of references called in a paper that is written with MLA citations?

What is Works Cited?

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