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
What goes in your header (upper right hand corner)?
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
Where should your page numbers be?
What is upper right hand corner?
200
What spacing for your works cited page?
What is double spacing?
200
If you paraphrase or summarize a source, do you have to cite it?
What is yes
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 usually comes first in a Works Cited page citation?
What is author's last name, unless there is no author?
300
How must you cite the quote if you are using a source with an author?
What is use the author's last name and page number in parentheses?
400
What should you do to your title to make it stand out?
What is nothing (no bold, no underline) other than center it in the page?
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/underline it?
400
How do you cite a source if there is no author and no page numbers?
What is the title of the source, corrected punctuated (quotation marks or italicized), in parentheses?
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 shorter works in the title of your paper.
What is quotation marks?
500
What is a hanging indent and when do you use it?
What the first line at the left margin, then every subsequent line indented? What is use hanging indents for each citation on your Works Cited page?
500
If you have a very long title, you can shorten it to how many words?
What is 4?
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