Paper Formatting Basics
MLA format traditionally uses this font.
What is Times New Roman?
In MLA format, this information is included as a part of the page numbering.
What is the writer's last name and page number?
The works cited is placed at this place in the paper.
What is after the end of the paper, on its own page?
Short, direct quotes must always be denoted by this punctuation mark in a properly cited MLA paper.
What are quotation marks?
In MLA format, page numbers should be located on this side of each page.
What is the right side of the page?
In an MLA-formatted paper, long quotes receive this special treatment instead of quotation marks.
What is indented and NOT indicated by quotation marks?
These go inside the quotation marks when they come at the end of a sentence.
What are commas and periods?
This type of information does not require a citation.
What is common knowledge?
What is the author's last name and page number?
In MLA format, it is necessary to indent new paragraphs by this much.
What is 1/2 inch? What is 5 spaces? What is hitting the Tab key once?
This style is used to identify titles of longer works that you refer to in the paper, such as a title of a book.
What is italics?
Correct the formatting of this quote so that it is in proper MLA format: She dove into a vat of chocolate Jones, 64.
What is: "She dove into a vat of chocolate" (Jones 64).
An author must include these pieces of information in the first page header before the title in a correctly MLA-formatted paper.
What is student's name, teacher's name, course name, and due date (day, month, then year)?
These are used when referring to the titles of shorter works in your paper, such as a poem.
What are quotation marks?