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| Modern Language Association;Popular documentation style for research papers |
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| Margins of MLA reports are 1” left, top, bottom, and right. |
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| the amount of vertical space between lines of text in a document. MLA requires that you double-space (DS) the entire paper. |
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| is text that appears at the top of each page of a document |
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| text that appears at the bottom of each page of a document |
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| The four parts of the report identification |
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| student’s name, teacher’s name, course name, and date |
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| typed at the top, left-aligned |
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| centered, a double-space after the report ID. |
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| form with prewritten text used to prepare and format a document. |
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| asks several basic questions and then uses a template to prepare and format a document |
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| named group of formatting characteristics you can apply to text. |
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| a raised number or letter |
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| an explanatory note at the bottom of the page, signaled by a note reference mark (superscript). |
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| footnote that is not inserted until the end of the document |
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| named group of formatting characteristics that you can apply to text |
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| causes every line of a paragraph except the first line to be indented 0.5.” The first line is left-aligned. Use the ruler or keyboard shortcut CTRL+T. |
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| a shortcut that allows a user to jump easily and quickly to another location in the same document or to other documents or Web pages. |
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| the process of following a hyperlink to its destination – visiting the actual link. |
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| inserted in the header. The format of page numbers in MLA is writer’s last name, followed by a space then insert page number. The student’s last name and page number is typed in the header of an MLA report. |
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