MLA Format Jeopardy Game

Paper Formatting Basics

100

What font do you need to use for MLA format?

What is Times New Roman?

200

What spacing is needed for MLA format?

What is double spacing?

300

What margins are needed for the top, bottom, and sides of the page?

What is one inch margins?

400

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

What is 1/2 an inch? 

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)?

Paper Formatting Basics (2)

100

What size font would you use for MLA?

What is 12pt?

200

When numbering your pages of a paper, what is needed for MLA format?

What is last name and page #?

300

How do you select all text in a document?

What is Ctrl + A

400

set of guidelines for the writing and design of documents

What is style guide?

500

These are used when referring to other works in the title of your paper.

What is quotes?

Works Cited

100

What is the works cited on?

What is a separate piece of paper from your paper?

200

What type of indent do you use on the works cited page? 

What is hanging? 

300

How should the citations be organized on the Works Cited page?

What is alphabetically?

400

When identifying longer works (books, magazines, etc.), what must you do to the title?

What is italicize it?

500

What must you do to shorter works (poems, article, etc.)?

What is put quotes around it?

In-Text Citations

100

What is it called when you give credit in your writing to someone else's quote?

What is citing a source?

200

Does not need an in-text citation

What is common knowledge?

300

Et al. means.. 

What is and others?

400

a reference in the text of a document

What is in-text citation?

500

What you must put around the information for in-text citations?

What is parentheses?