Paper Formatting Basics
Paper Formatting Basics (2)
Works Cited
In-Text Quote Citations
About Ms. Akazawa
100

What font do you need to use for MLA format?

Times New Roman

100

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

Last name and page number. DO NOT USE p., pg., PG., PAGE, or page when numbering the pages.

100

Where is the works cited on?

After your finished essay on a separate page.

100

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

Quotation marks

100

What is Ms. Akazawa's favorite decoration to use?

Pineapples!!!

200

What spacing is needed for MLA format?

double spacing

200

Where and how far from the top margin should your page numbers be?

Right side of the page at 1/2 and inch from top margin

200

What is still used on your works cited page?

Double spacing.
200

If there is a pause between quotes, if someone is speaking, what must you do?

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.

200

Where is Ms. Akazawa originally from?

Washington State

Bonus if you know town: Snohomish

300

What margins are needed for the top, bottom, and sides of the page?

one inch margins

300

Is a title page used?

No

300

What must be capitalized, but also, what must not be capitalized?

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?

Use the author's last name and page number in parentheses

300

What is Ms. Akazawa's favorite fast food restaurant?

Freddy's

400

When indenting a paragraph, what is mandatory for MLA format?

1/2 an inch

400

This is used to identify longer works that you talk about in the paper.

italics

400
When identifying longer works (books, magazines, etc.), what must you do to the title?
What is italicize it?
400

I this is supposed to be quoting someone correct this: She dove into a vat of chocolate 64

"She dove into a vat of chocolate" (64).

400
How many siblings does Ms. Akazawa have? Bonus if you can get brothers or sisters.

Three older brothers

500

What information do you need to put before you put the title to your paper?

Your 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

When is Ms. Akazawa's birthday?

March 16th

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