MLA , must have quotes on each paragraph
❏ Is the name block double-spaced in the upper left-hand corner of the first page?
❏ Does the name block include the following information in this order:
❏ Your name
❏ The course name
❏ The date the assignment is due
❏ The title of assignment
(The name block is not a header and should only appear on the first page)
❏ Does the paper have an original title in your own words (other than something like “Final Paper,” a novel title, or someone else’s work)?
❏ Is the title in plain formatting without being bold-faced, italicized, or placed in quotation marks?
❏ Is the title correctly capitalized?
❏ Does the paper have a one-inch margins on all sides?
❏ Is the text aligned left, with a one-inch tab at the start of each paragraph?
❏ Is the paper written in Times New Roman, Arial, Calibri, or similar plain 12-point font?
❏ Is the entire paper double-spaced (including any notes and the Works Cited page)? Make sure to eliminate any extra spaces that are set to automatically appear when you hit enter. Make sure you don’t have any extra lines between paragraphs. Set “Before” and “After” spacing to “0.”
❏ If you’ve used ANY sources, do you have a Works Cited page? Is it titled “Works Cited” (without the quotation marks)? Does it have a page number (that follows the last page of your paper)?
❏ Does your Works Cited page conform to the MLA format?
❏ Are the Works Cited entries in alphabetical order by the author’s last name or other initial entry word(s)?
❏ Does each source used in your paper have an entry on the Works Cited page?
❏ Have you italicized “containers” (novels, screenplays, journals, films, newspapers, magazines, webpages)?
❏ Have you enclosed smaller pieces (articles, essays, chapters, songs, poems) in quotation marks?
❏ Have you eliminated hyperlinks?
❏ Are your in-text references done correctly?
❏ Are all direct quotes in quotation marks?
❏ Do all paraphrases and summaries clearly indicate that they come from other sources, and is it clear where the paraphrase or summary begins and ends?
❏ Does each in-text reference include a parenthetical citation that includes the author’s last name (unless the reference is obvious from the context of the sentence) and the page number from which the information was taken?
❏ If a quotation is four lines or more, is it block-quoted (i.e., double-spaced, the whole block quotation indented one inch from the left margin, with no quotation marks)? A block quotation cannot end a paragraph.
❏ Have you formatted dialogue from a film or play correctly?
❏ Have you clearly indicated where you found all outside information?