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| Identify the purpose of the Modern Language Association. | The object of the association shall be to promote 2. study, criticism, and research. |
| Font Style and size: | a. Times New Roman size 12 |
| align text | Left |
| Indent the first line of each paragraph- | Tab once at the beginning of new paragraphs. |
| Top, Bottom, Left and right margins should be | set at 1. |
| Set line spacing to | double. |
| Leave one space | after the period at the end of a sentence. |
| The first 5 lines of the document are called | the Title Block. |
| The Title Block: | Type your full name; instructors name, course name, date, and center the title. |
| Do not use | bold, italics or change the size of the font. |
| For the title use | Title case. |
| Title case | is when you capitalize only the first letter of the first word, last word, and the other major words of the title. |
| Header: | Type your last name, a space, page number, right aligned ½” below top edge of page. |
| Anything copied word-for-word from a source must be | enclosed in quotation marks. |
| Format the quotations | a) Locate each quote and place quotations marks at beginning and end - Add ( ) at end of quote followed by ending punctuation mark; - Place page number of quote inside the parentheses |
| Titles should be italicized: | Books, Magazines, Journals, Websites, Newspapers, Music Albums, Movies |
| Titles of articles | that appear inside these publications should be in quotation marks: Books, Magazines, Journals, Websites, Newspapers, Music Albums, Movies |
| If a quote takes up more than 4 lines, | it should be set apart by beginning it on a new line and indenting it from the left margin by 1”. |
| If a quote takes up more than 4 lines, | it should NOT have quotation marks, and the punctuation mark should NOT be moved to outside the parentheses. The quotation should be preceded by a colon. |
| If quoting a short piece of a poem or lines of lyrics, | place in 9. quotation marks and separate the lines by a slash mark (/). |
| If quoting a long piece of a poem or lines of lyrics (more than 3 lines), | format it the same as you would a long quote |
| If the author of the quote is not presented in the text preceding the quote, | then add the author’s last name inside the parentheses before the page number. |
| Each picture, graphic, image, etc., is considered | a figure. |
| Beneath each figure should appear | the abbreviation Fig. |
| Following Fig. should be a | space and then an Arabic number (1, 2, 3 . . ) |
| These numbers should be sequential | as the images appear in the report. |
| In Figures: After the number is | a period, then a space, then a text description of what the image is about. |
| Works Cited: | Center the title—do not bold or use caps |
| On the works cited: Each entry begins on | a new line; Each entry begins at the left margin; Set the paragraph format to hanging indent |
| Hanging indent | is when the first line starts at the left margin and the following lines of that entry are indented 1”. |
| Books are formatted | using this structure: Last name of author, First name of author. Title of Book. Publication City: Name of Publisher, Year of Publication. Manner in which you viewed the book. |
| Books with two authors are formatted | using this structure: Last name of author, First name of author, and First name of author Last name of author. Title of Book. Publication City: Name of Publisher, Year of Publication. Manner in which you viewed the book. |
| Magazine Articles are formatted | using this structure: Last name of author, First name of author. “Title of Article.” Name of Magazine Date of the Issue: Page numbers of the article. Manner in which you viewed the article |
| A poem within a book is formatted | using this structure: |
| The final step of the works cited page format | is to alphabetize the entries by the first letter of the entry. |
