English 201

Paper Format Guidelines

Please use the format below to write your papers for this course.

Your Name English 201 Paper name Date

Your Title Centered Here!

       Essays for this course should be formatted as this essay is formatted, except for line spacing. Therefore, you should also read this essay for more specific directions on format requirements. Before you write your paper, check your font type and size. Please use an easily readable font; my eyes will thank you. In addition, select a regular font (not bold), using either 12 or 14 font size. Set up the page for 1.5 or double spacing.  Please do not use single-spacing. Set one inch margins all around for your page. Do not use right justified margins.        Do not use a title page for essays. Instead, beginning at the top of the first page and flush with the left margin, type your name, English 101, Paper # (along with the number plus the option # if applicable) then the date on separate lines, with 1.5 or double spacing between each line. Space again and center the title. You must create your own titles for each paper; do not use the title of the book or the assignment.  Use upper and lower case letters to type the title. Use neither quotation marks nor underline, italics or bold font for your title. Follow standard rules for capitalization and underlining/italicizing or put quotation marks around only those words that you would underline/italicize in the text of the paper (i.e. another title). Space (one 1.5 or double space) between the lines of the title, if it is more than one line long.        An essay should be double (or 1.5) spaced throughout, including the heading, title, and quotations. Spaces only once between paragraphs, not two. Indent the first word of each new paragraph five spaces from the left margin. Indent long quotations (four lines or more) ten spaces from the left margin. Follow guidelines for using MLA documentation in Navigating America carefully, and ask questions whenever you're unsure..        When you think you have fixed everything and are ready to submit the paper, please print a copy of it and read it carefully.  Experience has proven that working only on-screen leads to careless errors.  In addition, please be sure you have saved the paper in the appropriate format.          To be safe, always save your paper on both your hard drive and a diskette. You may need to resubmit your assignment in the case there is some problem in the transmission.

Works Cited

Don't forget your Works Cited bibliographic references for all papers!