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

Where is the works cited page located?

What is the very last page of your essay?

100

What indicates that it is an article title in the citation?

What is quotation marks?

200
What spacing is needed for MLA format?
What is double spacing?
200
Where and how far from the top margin should your page numbers be?
What is right side of the page at 1/2 and inch from top margin
200
What is still in play on your works cited page?
What is double spacing?
200

Where is the in-text citation located?

Where is right behind the sentence it refers to?

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 must be capitalized, but also, what must not be capitalized?
What is titles must be capitalized, but articles (the, a, an) must not?
300

How must you cite the quote if you are using something from that source for the first time?

What is use the author's last name or article title in parentheses?

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 formatting is used to identify longer works (like books) 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: She dove into a vat of chocolate Rameriez

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

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)?
500

These are used when using the exact words from another source.

What is quotes?

500
What must you do to shorter works (poems, article, etc.)?
What is put quotes around it?
500

This may be used when text or information from a source is used instead of using parenthesis behind the sentence.  

What is an introductory phrase

Ex:  Smith mentions dogs are better than cats in his article "Pets."