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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 or something similar?
100
When numbering your pages of a paper, what is needed for MLA format besides the number of the page?
What is your last name? DO NOT USE p., pg., PG., PAGE, or page when numbering the pages.
100
Your Works Cited page starts on a separate piece of paper. True or False?
What is true?
100
What must the quote 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
Why is Times New Roman or a similar font used?
What is because of readability? (similar answers accepted)
200
What is still in play on your works cited page?
What is double spacing?
200
What is the citation at the end of the quote called?
What is a parenthetical citation.
300
What margins are needed for the top, bottom, and sides of the page?
What are one inch margins?
300
Is a title page used?
What is no? (unless specifically told otherwise)
300
How would you start a Works Cited citation by authors Thomas Brown and John Donne?
What is Brown, Thomas and John Donne. ?
300
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?
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 discuss 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 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, teacher's name, course name, and date (number first, month second)?
500
These are used when discussing shorter works in your paper.
What are quotes?
500
What must you do to shorter works (poems, article, etc.)?
What is put quotes around it?
500
Besides using direct quotations, what are two other ways you can add outside information to your paper?
What is: paraphrasing and summarizing.