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 or another legible font?
100
When numbering your pages of a 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
On what page does the works cited begin on?
What is the page following the last page of 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 you use for MLA formatting?
What is 12 pt. font
200
What is the line spacing on the 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 happens to all the lines after the first line in a citation?
What is they are all in a hanging indent?
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
These are used when referring to other works in the title of your paper.
What are quotes?
500
How do you cite a flyer in a works cited page?
Begin with the author's last name, a comma, first name and a period. Put the title of the flyer in italics and follow that with a period. Indicate the publication location. Add a colon, then the name of the publisher, a comma and the publication year. Add a period. Finish with "Print." without quotation marks to indicate the medium. EX: Doe, John. Must-See Movies of the Summer (in italics). New York: The Cinema Company, 2013. Print. *If no author is listed, use the name of the organization issuing the flyer instead. However, if that organization also published the flyer, omit the "author" section completely and begin the entry with the title of the flyer.
500
Correct this: The flyer for the talent show features a title in the same font as "Dancing with the Stars" as a way to appeal to both the ethos of the famous TV show and to create an emotional response in the reader, who will imagine themselves as a "star" on TV United Student Association 1.
What is: The flyer for the talent show features a title in the same font as "Dancing with the Stars" as a way to appeal to both the ethos of the famous TV show and to create an emotional response in the reader, who will imagine themselves as a "star" on TV (United Student Association 1).
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