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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
When numbering your pages of a paper, what is needed for MLA format?
What is your last name and page number? DO NOT USE p., pg., PG., PAGE, or page when numbering the pages.
100

What page is the works cited on?

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

100

What must a direct quotation 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

What does paraphrasing mean?

What is to put someone else's work in your own words while STILL giving them credit.

200

What formatting rules must you abide by on the Works Cited page?

What is alphabetical order, double spacing, and hanging indentation?

200

If you decide to remove some of a direct quote to fit into your paper, what symbol would you use?

What is an ellipsis (...)

"The reporters said that he was very angry...and did not agree with the new law" (Smith 28).

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 is the easiest way to achieve the hanging indent necessary on the Works Cited page?

What is use the ruler (particularly the second triangle).

300

What Latin phrase do you use when you are referencing a source with more than one author?

What is et al. (Latin for "and all the rest").

400
When indenting a paragraph, what is mandatory for MLA format? (two options)
What is 1/2 an inch? What is 5 spaces?
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 it?
400

Correct this direct quotation: She dove into a vat of chocolate 64

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

500

What information do you need to put before you put the title to your paper?

What is name, instructor's name, course name, and date (number first, month second)?

500

These are used when referring to shorter length works (articles, short stories, poems, etc.) in the title of your paper.

What are quotation marks?

500

What do you do if you can't find a piece of information for your Works Cited entry (author, date of publication, etc.)?

What is leave it out?

500

Correct this direct quotation: I was walking along the street she said when I saw a cat and a dog chasing each other Smith 24

What is: "I was walking along the street," she said, "when I saw a cat and dog chasing each other" (Smith 24).