REMINDER: The first draft of your research paper is due on Monday, April 7th

Basic Guidelines
· Paper and margins: Use standard 8.5” X 11” paper with margins of 1” on all sides.
· Spacing: Double-space every line, including references.
· Heading: At the top left-hand corner of the first page, type your name, your instructor’s name, the course name, and the date.
· Title: Place the title of your paper below your heading, centered on the page. Capitalize the first word and all principal words. Do not underline.
· Page numbering: On all pages, including the first page, type your last name and the page number in the upper right-hand corner, .5” from the top of the page. (On MS Word, this is referred to as a “header.”)

Using Quotations
· Four lines or fewer: Include the lines within the text, surrounded by double-quotation marks.
· More than four lines: Set the quotation off from the main text in indented block form (1” from the left margin of the text), without quotation marks.

Citing Your Sources
For every quotation, paraphrase, or summary of others’ words and ideas in the text of your paper, indicate the author and page number of the source you are working from in a parenthetical note immediately following the reference.

(For detailed instructions on how to create in-text citations, see the MLA Style sheet at the back of your course reader.)

List of Works Cited
· Every work that you cite parenthetically within the text of your paper should also appear in your list of works cited.
· Start this list on a new page at the end of your paper, with the title “Works Cited” centered 1” below the top of the page.
· Align the first line of each entry flush with the left margin of the page. Indent each subsequent line of each entry .5” from the left margin (known as “hanging indent” format).
· Alphabetize the Works Cited list by author’s last name. For works that do not have a listed author, alphabetize by title, ignoring “A,” “An,” or “The.”

(For detailed instructions on how to create the list of Works Cited, see the MLA Style sheet at the back of your course reader.)