COLLEGE ESSAY FORMAT FOR YOUR PAPER

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COLLEGE ESSAY FORMAT FOR YOUR PAPER

• Modern Language Association (MLA)
• American Psychological Association (APA)
• Guidelines
• Gayle W. Griggs

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Paper (MLA APA)

• Use unlined 8 ½ x 11 white bond, not erasable
  paper
• Staple all pages!
• Include your rough draft after your final draft

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Font (MLA APA)

• Use only black ink
• Times New Roman
• 12 Point Standard type

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Margins (MLA APA)
1 inch

• Margins leave a 1 margin on all sides of the
  paper
• Do not justify the right side of the page

1 inch
1 inch
1 inch
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Spacing and Punctuation symbols (MLA APA)

• Double-space between all lines so that you can
  easily revise your work and your professor can
  write in comments
• Do not leave gaps between
• paragraphs, lines or sections of your paper

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Spacing and Punctuation symbols (MLA APA)Use
one space after

• ? Question mark
• ! Exclamation mark
• Number symbol
• And symbol

• . period
• , comma
• - hyphen
• colon
• semi-colon

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Header (MLA)
Griggs 6

• Include a Header on every page (including your
  first page) ½ inch from the top right edge of the
  page
• The Header has your Last Name and page number on
  the top right margin of each page. Insert a space
  (use no other punctuation) between your last name
  and page number.

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Identification (MLA)
Del Pueblo 1
Juana Del Pueblo Prof. Gayle W. Griggs English
1234 - 123 30 August 2004
Include the Header on each page, top right margin

• Do not include a Title Page
• In the top left margin (1) of the first page of
  your essay include
• Your full name
• Your instructors name
• Course Name and Section
• Date number Month year

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Title (MLA)

• Center the Title of Your Paper
• Do not underline, quote, or italicize the title
• Capitalize the 1st and last words of the title,
  all important words (not a, an or the)
• Your title should be
• UNIQUE
• INTERESTING
• IMPACTING

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(MLA Sample page one)
Del Pueblo 6
Juana Del Pueblo Professor Gayle W.
Griggs English 1234 - 123 29 February 2004 MLA
Since 1846 Begin your paragraph by hitting the
tab key do not use the space bar. Use File-Page
Setup to set 1 margins all around. Your entire
essay will be double-spaced. Use
View- Header/Footer to run a header with your
last name, a space, and the page number. The
sign button will make Word count the page s
for you do not type in a number. This header
will appear .5 down from the top-right corner
of every page, including your last page, which
will state Works Cited at its center, 1 from
the top. Use a plain 12-point Times New Roman
black font.
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Title Page (APA)

• The Title Page in APA has
• Page Header
• Running head for publication
• Title and Byline
• Institutional Affiliation
• Date (required for this course)

Juana Del Pueblo University of Puerto Rico,
Mayaguez May 15, 2004
Juana Del Pueblo University of Puerto Rico,
Mayaguez INGL 3231-000- Prof. Gayle W.
Griggs May 15, 2004
Juana Del Pueblo University of Puerto Rico,
Mayaguez May 15, 2004
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Running Head (APA)

• An abbreviated title is used as the running head
• It should be flush left at the top of the title
  page in all UPPERCASE LETTERS
• It may not exceed 50 letters, including
  punctuation and spaces

Juana Del Pueblo University of Puerto Rico,
Mayaguez INGL 3231-000- Prof. Gayle W.
Griggs May 15, 2004
Juana Del Pueblo University of Puerto Rico,
Mayaguez May 15, 2004
May 15, 2004
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Title (APA)

• The title is typed in uppercase and lowercase
  letters
• It is centered between the left and right margins
  and positioned in the upper half of the page
• If the title is two or more lines, double-space
  between lines

Juana Del Pueblo University of Puerto Rico,
Mayaguez INGL 3231-000- Prof. Gayle W.
Griggs May 15, 2004
Juana Del Pueblo University of Puerto Rico,
Mayaguez May 15, 2004
May 15, 2004
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Byline and Institutional Affiliation (APA)

• The name(s) of the author(s) are typed in order
  of their contributions using uppercase and
  lowercase letters
• The names are centered between the side margins,
  double-spaced below the title
• The institutional affiliation is centered under
  the authors name on the next double-spaced line
• Course number, section and professors name

Juana Del Pueblo University of Puerto Rico,
Mayaguez INGL 3231-000- Prof. Gayle W.
Griggs May 15, 2004
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Sample Title Page APA
Page Header - Put 5 spaces between page header
and number.
Running Head 1 from top left border of the page
Title, author(s), school name, and date typed in
uppercase and lowercase letters.
Juana Del Pueblo University of Puerto Rico,
Mayaguez INGL 3231-000- Prof. Gayle W.
Griggs May 15, 2004
Source http//www.thewritesource.com/APA/APARESEA
RCH.HTM
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Abstract Page

• For our papers, you will NOT need an abstract

Source http//www.thewritesource.com/APA/APA2.HTM
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Page Header

• The page header is an abbreviated title that is
  printed at the top of all the pages.
• It should be a maximum of 50 characters counting
  letters, punctuation, and spaces between words
• The page header includes the page number 5 spaces
  after the title
• Center the title (upper and lowercase) one inch
  from the top
• Double-space throughout

Source http//www.thewritesource.com/APA/APA3.HTM
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Text format
Page header and page number

• Include page header on each page
• Double space throughout
• Indent each new paragraph ½ inch or 5 spaces

Source http//www.thewritesource.com/APA/APA3.HTM
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Sample APA Title and Text pages
Juana Del Pueblo University of Puerto Rico,
Mayaguez INGL 3231-000- Prof. Gayle W.
Griggs May 15, 2004
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References

• For more information on APA, go to these sites
• http//owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_
  apa.htmlExamples
• http//www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/bibliogr
  aphy_style_handbookapa.htm
• http//www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/social_sciences/
  sample.html
• For more information on MLA, go to these sites
• http//owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_
  mla.html
• http//www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/MLA/bibl
  iographymla.htm
• http//www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/humanities/sampl
  e.html