MLA FORMAT
What spacing should an MLA paper use?
What is double-spacing?
What are citations inside the paragraph called?
What are inline citations? (in-text)
What page comes at the end of an MLA paper?
Works Cited
What is paraphrasing?
Restating information in your own words.
What is a topic sentence?
A sentence that introduces the paragraph's main idea.
What information belongs in the upper-left heading of an MLA paper?
What is the purpose of a citation?
To give credit to the source of the information.
How are Works Cited entries organized?
Alphabetically
Why should students avoid overusing quotes?
The paper should MOSTLY be their own writing.
Why should evidence be explained after a quote?
To show how it supports the point.
Where does the page number go in MLA format?
What is upper right corner in the header?
If a source has no author, what is usually used in the citation?
What is wrong with this entry:
Walker Matthew Why We Sleep Scribner 2017
missing punctuation and MLA formatting.
What percentage of direct quote is Mr. Burby allowing?
10 percent
What is stronger: repeating facts or analyzing them?
Analyzing them.
What size font should students generally use in a MLA format?
No bigger than 14 point (12 point).
What is a narrative citation?
Mentioning the author's name in the sentence itself.
What is the purpose of a Works Cited page?
Why do we use labels in Google Keep?
To organize notes into paragraph topics.
What is a thesis statement?
The main argument or focus of the paper.
Where is a hanging indent found in an MLA paper?
The first line stays left while the remaining ones are indented - in the Works Cited.
True or False: Every paragraph in a research paper should usually contain source evidence?
True.
What should match between the paper and the Works Cited page?
The in-line citations and source entries.
If a student has six labels in his Google Keep, how many paragraphs would that create in his paper?
Six!
Is the purpose of a research paper to prove a point or to discover information?
Discover information.