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· Short story and poem titles go in quotation marks.

· “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe

· “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gillman

· Book and Play titles go in italics.

· Moby Dick by Herman Melville

· Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

· The Title of Your Paper

· Should not just be the title of the work you’re writing about!

· A bad title: “The Raven”

· A good title: Analyzing Rhyme in Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven”

· Should not be in quotation marks or underlined

· See above. The only thing in quotation marks should be titles of other people’s works.

· Quotations

· All quotations MUST BE INTRODUCED! Do not ever start a sentence with a quotation.

· A bad example:

· “Feminism is an important component of Glaspell’s writing” (Jones 27).

· A good example:

· In James Jones’ essay “Susan Glaspell Uncovered,” he notes that, “Feminism is an important component of Glaspell’s writing” (27).

· Never begin or end a paragraph with a quotation.

· Paragraphs should begin with a topic sentence.

· All quotes should be explained afterward.

· Tense

· Any time you write about literature, you should be writing in the present tense. For example, we would say, “Hamlet struggles with the death of his father” rather than “Hamlet struggled with the death of his father.”

· Action that happens before the beginning of the story or play may be put in past tense.

· NEVER

· Refer to the author by his or her first name. You are not friends. Last names only. (The first time you mention an author, you may use first and last name. After that, last names are all you need.)

· Use first or second person (no “I” or “You”)

· Use contractions or abbreviations

· Make announcements in your paper: (“In this paper I will discuss…” “This paper is about…” “My reasons are…”)

· ALWAYS

· Introduce the full name of the text(s) and author(s) at some point in your introductory paragraph. Your title is not enough.

· Head, format, double-space, and type your paper in Times New Roman size 12