| General Format Specifications for all Pages of the Paper
____/15 (5 pts each) |
Does not meet any of the format specifications. |
Meets one of the format specifications. |
Meets two to three of the format specifications. |
Meets all four format specifications:
- double spaced/one inch margins/Indented paragraphs,
- 12 pt. Courier New font,
- last name & page number in header.
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| Page One of the Paper
_____/15 (5 pts each) |
Does not meet any of the heading requirements. |
Meets one to two of the heading requirements. |
Meets three to four of the heading requirements. |
- Author’s name is in the heading on the left-hand side of the first page.
- Instructor’s name appears as the second line of the heading on the left margin of the first page.
- The name of the class appears as the third line of the heading on the left margin of the paper.
- The date, in MLA format, appears as the fourth line of the heading on the left margin of the paper.
- The title of the paper appears centered above the text. The text of the title should not be underlined, italicized, in bold, or in quotation marks.
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| MLA Citations
_____/16 (4 pts for each) |
No sources are cited correctly. |
One source is cited correctly. |
Two to three sources are cited correctly. |
- Every source cited in the text must be documented on a Works Cited page at the end of the paper.
- The author’s name (or title etc.) is located in a parenthetical citation
- Page number(s) are always placed inside the parenthetical citation.
- Parenthetical citations at the end of the sentence are followed by a period.
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| Punctuation
_______ /14 (2 pts each) |
Does not use correct punctuation for any quotations. |
Uses correct punctuation for one to two types of quotations. |
Uses correct punctuation for three to five types of quotations. |
- Quotations of four or fewer lines are placed within double quotation marks.
- Quotations of more than four lines are indented ten spaces [1 inch] from the left margin. The text is double spaced. Use a colon after the last word in the text to mark the beginning of the quotation. The parenthetical citation for longer quotations follows the punctuation at the end of the last sentence of the quoted material.
- Verse of three lines or less is placed in double quotation marks within the text. Separate lines of verse which appear in a single line of text by a slash (/) with a space before and after the slash.
- Periods and commas are ALWAYS placed inside quotation marks if there is no parenthetical reference.
- If a parenthetical reference ends a sentence, place the period after the reference.
- Use single quotation marks to set off a quotation within a quotation.
- An ellipsis (…) is used when omitting words, phrases or sentences from quoted material. Be sure that the omission of content does not substantially change the meaning.
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| Works Cited Page
____/40
8 points each |
Does not include a Works Cited page. |
Includes a Works Cited page but does not meet most requirements. |
Includes a Works Cited page that meets some requirements. |
- Quotations of four or fewer lines are placed within double quotation marks.
- Quotations of more than four lines are indented ten spaces [1 inch] from the left margin. The text is double spaced. Use a colon after the last word in the text to mark the beginning of the quotation. The parenthetical citation for longer quotations follows the punctuation at the end of the last sentence of the quoted material.
- Periods and commas are ALWAYS placed inside quotation marks if there is no parenthetical reference.
- If a parenthetical reference ends a sentence, place the period after the reference.
- Use single quotation marks to set off a quotation within a quotation.
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