How should my paper look?
Fonts: 12 point type, simple font such as Times or Geneva
Margins, spacing: default margins or at least one inch, no more than an inch and a half on all sides.
Double space lines. Indent five spaces (one tab) for paragraph. Do not triple space between paragraphs. Put in two spaces after every period.
Heading: upper right corner: Your name, Instructor's name, Course name, Date.
Page numbers: Place your last name followed by the page number in the upper right corner of each page starting on page 2.
Title: Centered with first and last words and all words other than articles, prepositions, and coordinating conjunctions capitalized. DO NOT underline or put quotation marks around the title of your paper.
Works Cited: Center the words "Works Cited" but do not put them in quotation marks or underline them. Double space all entries, do not triple space between entries. Indent second and subsequent lines of each individual entry (reverse of a paragraph).
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