Paper Format
In the upper right hand corner, starting on the second page.
Where do you put the page numbers?
Author's last name and page number in parenthesis.
What goes in the in-text citation of a book?
A period.
What is the last thing in every Works Cited entry?
Modern Language Association.
What does MLA stand for?
Article titles need these.
What requires quotation marks in a Works Cited entry?
Name, class title, instructor and date on the left side.
What is included in the identification label?
After the closing parenthesis.
Where does the period go in a sentence that has been cited?
The URL address.
What is the last information to include in every citation for an on-line source?
American Psychological Association.
What does APA stand for?
Book titles, movie titles, and web page titles need this.
What requires italics in a Works Cited entry?
Double spaced throughout the entire paper.
What line spacing do you use?
Direct quotes.
What kind of entry requires quotation marks and a citation?
Last name then comma then first name then period.
How do you start a Works Cited entry for a typical source?
Used in English, Literature, Humanities, and Foreign Language.
What subjects require MLA formatting?
Capitalize all important words.
What special capitalization is needed when writing a title?
Centered on the first page with double spacing before and after.
Where do you type the title?
Putting the author's idea in your own words.
What is paraphrase?
The punctuation mark the end of a segment in a Works Cited entry.
How do you show that a section is complete in a Works Cited entry on the Works Cited Page?
Social sciences such as Psychology, Linguistics, Sociology, Economics, Criminology, Business, and Nursing.
What subjects use APA style?
First or second person pronouns.
What kind of pronouns should a writer not use in an academic paper.
One inch all around.
What margins does MLA require?
First word of the Works Cited entry.
What do you use in an in-text citation if there is no author listed on the Works Cited Page?
Hanging indent.
What do you call formatting that has the lines after the first line indented?
NWACC Library Webpage.
Where can you find MLA style information?
Thesis must be found there.
What does an author need to have in the first paragraph of an essay?