Writing Rules
Identify the error in this sentence from a research paper:
I think that the Zodiak Killer is the most fascinating of all serial killers.
What is: no 1st person
The type of line spacing required for MLA format.
This goes in parenthesis for an in-text citation of a book/print source.
What is the author's last name and page number?
This goes in parenthesis throughout your essay to give credit to the author of a quote or paraphrased material.
What is an in-text citation?
When do you put page numbers in an in-text citation?
For print sources, only
When are contractions allowed in a research paper?
Only if they are used in quoted material.
This is the type of indentation on a Works Cited page.
What is hanging indent?
The author's name only.
This includes reviewing another student's paper to identify errors in writing, grammar, and formatting and to provide feedback on how to improve the essay.
What is peer editing?
For this Works Cited entry, what does 1946 tell us?
Camus, Albert. The Stranger. Translated by Stuart Gilbert. Knopf, 1946.
Publication year
When are you allowed to use 2nd person in an essay?
(Owen 1) at the top right corner of every page in the essay.
What is a header?
What would the in-text citation for this source look like?
Camus, Albert. The Stranger. Translated by Stuart Gilbert. Knopf, 1946.
(Camus)
the uncredited use (both intentional and unintentional) of somebody else's words or ideas
What is plagiarism?
For this Works Cited entry, what is the container?
Alvarez, Gloria. "Teacher Recalls Land of Rising Sun; Audience Hears Tales of Japan." The Times-Picayune, 14 Oct. 2001, sec. East New Orleans Picayune, p. 4.
The Times-Picayune
These numbers must be spelled out in your essay.
This is the order in which you list sources on a Works Cited page.
What is alphabetical order?
What would the in-text citation for this source look like?
Alvarez, Gloria. "Teacher Recalls Land of Rising Sun; Audience Hears Tales of Japan." The Times-Picayune, 14 Oct. 2001, sec. East New Orleans Picayune, p. 4.
(Alvarez 4)
What is paraphrasing?
What are the three ways we practiced to avoid plagiarism?
1. Paraphrase correctly
2. Quote correctly
3. Cite your sources
Identify the error in this sentence from a research paper:
There are 7 continents, but Asia's size makes it the largest.
These are the items, in order, that belong in an MLA header.
This is what you put in an in-text citation if there is no author.
What is the source title/article title?
This introduces a piece of quoted or paraphrased material and informs the reader where the information came from.
What is a signal phrase?
Day Month Year (3 March 2026)