Paper Formatting Basics
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.
Where does the works cited page go in your paper?
What is a separate piece of paper at the end your paper?
What must the quote be in when citing it from a book, article, etc.?
What is quotation marks?
Does MLA have guidelines for citing a Netflix of Hulu show?
What is yes.
How is a works cited page spaced?
What is double spacing?
When working with sources, when are in-text citations used?
What is when paraphrasing and quoting?
When doing research from online databases (like EBSCO), where does the database name go in the citation?
What is before the URL.
Where do I start indenting on a works cited page?
What is the second line of a citation.
How must you cite the quote if you are using something from that author for the first time?
What is use the author's last name and page number in parentheses?
When indenting a paragraph, what is mandatory for MLA format? (two options)
What is 1/2 an inch? What is 6 spaces?
This is how you signal that you're writing the title of a book, journal, or website.
What is italics?
Citations are listed in what order on a works cited page?
What is alphabetical order?
Where does the punctuation for the sentence go in the in-text citation?
What is after the parenthesis?
What is the most current edition of MLA?
What is MLA 9.
What information do you need to put above the title to your paper?
What is your name, professor's name, course name, and date (number first, month second)?
These are used when writing the name of a journal article, essay, speech, or webpage.
What is quotation marks?
What website is used to look up formatting guides and MLA rules?
What is Purdue OWL?
How are print sources with no known author made into an in-text citation?
What is by their shortened title?
Is it plagiarism to use something you wrote for one class in another?
What is yes, this is self-plagiarism.