| A | B |
| Body | main text of a letter, memo, email, or report |
| Cover Page | optional first page of a report which lists the title, author’s name, school, teacher’s name, and date |
| Double space | pressing the enter key twice (2) leaving one blank line |
| Hanging indent | temporary left margin that indents all lines but the first line of the text |
| Header | includes the author’s last name, a space, and the page number |
| Heading | section on the first page of the research report that lists the author, teacher/instructor, class, and date |
| MLA | organization that provides guidelines for writing and documenting sources in research documents |
| Research Report | multi-page document that usually contains several sub-topics of information related to one main topic |
| Side heading | used to separate the report into sections |
| Title | general name for a research paper |
| Works Cited | list of all sources used in a report |