Paper Formatting Basics
Paper Formatting Basics (2)
Works Cited
In-Text Quote Citations
Miscellaneous
100

What size font do you need to use for MLA format?

What is 12-point?

100

When creating the header that will appear on every page of your essay, what is needed for MLA format?

What is your last name and page number? 

100

How should works be ordered in MLA Works Cited?

What is alphabetical?

100

How do you parenthetically cite a web source when the author is listed?

What is (Author Last Name).

100

What does MLA stand for?

What is Modern Language Association?

200

What spacing is needed for MLA format?

What is double spacing?

200

What is it called when referring to other's direct words?

What is a quotation?

200

What spacing is used on your works cited page?

What is double spacing?

200

What kind of information do you NOT have to cite in a paper?

Common knowledge

200

Where is the title of your essay located in a paper using MLA format?

What is the center of the paper below the date?

300

What are margins set at in MLA format?

What is one inch margins?

300

Is a title page used in MLA?

What is no? 

300

What are the margins on a works cited page?

What is 1 inch?

300

How must you parenthetically cite information from a book?

What is (Author Last Name Page #).

300

How would today's date be written in MLA format?

What is date, month, full year?

400

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

What is 1/2 an inch or 5 spaces? 

400

This punctuation is used to identify names of articles in parenthetical citations

What are quotation marks?

400

What needs to be done to any lines after the first when in the Works Cited section in MLA?

What is a hanging indention?

400

Correctly cite this quote in MLA: 

She dove into a vat of chocolate 

Located on page 64

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

400

What is paraphrasing, and how long is a paraphrase?

What is putting the author's ideas into your own words, roughly the same length as the original?

500

What information do you need to put in the first page heading of your paper?

What is name, teacher's name, course name, and date?

500

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


1 inch


500

Where is the Works Cited page found?

What is a separate page at the end of the essay?

500

Parenthetically cite this article title: Ban Cigarettes

What is: ("Ban Cigarettes").

500

How do I write a single author's name in a Works Cited entry? 

What is Author's last name, Author's first name?