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Paper Formatting Basics
Paper Formatting Basics (2)
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Citations
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What are the font guidelines in MLA?

What is a 12pt legible font? (i.e. Times New Roman, Calibri, Georgia, Roboto, Open Sans, Inter)

100

What information is included in the header of your paper?

What is your last name and page number? 

Don't use p., pg., PG., PAGE, or page when numbering the pages.

Page number should start on page 1.

100

Where is your works cited located?

What is a separate page?

100
What must the quote be in when citing it from a book, article, etc.?
What is quotation marks?
100

Identify the error in this citation:

Ahmed, Sarah. “Queer Feelings.” The Cultural Politics of Emotion, 2nd ed., Edinburgh, 2014, pp. 144–167.

What is, The Cultural Politics of Emotion should be italicized?

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 an inch from top margin

200

What common formatting carries over to your works cited?

What is double spacing?

200

When should you add an in-text citation?

What is any time I am using or referencing another person's work (direct quotes, paraphrasing, summarizing, etc.)

200

Cite the play "Embers" using the provided book.

Beckett, Samuel. “Embers.” The Collected Shorter Plays, edited by Stanley Gontarski, Grove Press, 2010, pp. 86–102.

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 author for the first time?
What is use the author's last name and page number in parentheses?
300

What does the following indicate on a works cited page?

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What is, the author of the citation is the same as the above

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: She dove into a vat of chocolate 64
What is: "She dove into a vat of chocolate" (64).
400

Identify the error in this citation:

The Annotated Alice, 150th Anniversary Deluxe Edition: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass. Written by Lewis Carroll. Edited by Martin Gardner and Mark Burstein, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2015.

What is, the author should come first, last name, first name?

Carroll, Lewis. The Annotated Alice, 150th Anniversary Deluxe Edition: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass. Edited by Martin Gardner and Mark Burstein, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2015.

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 referring to other works in the title of your paper.
What is quotes?
500
What must you do to shorter works (poems, article, etc.)?
What is put quotes around it?
500

Correct this: She wrote the borzoi is the cutest of dogs, with its slender snout and side-bound eyes Simmons 30

What is: She wrote, "The borzoi is the cutest of dogs, with its slender snout and side-bound eyes" (Simmons 30).

(Also, Cavaliers above all other dogs.)

500

Cite our book by Mehdi Hasan

Hasan, Mehdi. Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking. Holt Paperbacks, 2024.