Format Issue: Headers
The following instructions, depending on the version you have, should assist you in the creation of headers for all papers written in MLA style:

Word Perfect:

• Go to Format: Choose Header/Footer
• Choose Justification (This may be under the Format column)
• Align Right
• Type your last name and a space
• Go to Insert:  Choose Page # (There may also be a # symbol to insert instead)
• Close Header box

• View: Header/Footer
• Right-Click inside header box
• Choose Paragraph
• Choose Alignment
• Choose Right
• You can also go under Format: Paragraph: Align: Right
• Type your last name and a space
• Insert: Page #
• For Outlines:  Page #s should be in the form of Roman Numerals:
• View Header/Footer
• Do Not Type in Last Name
• Insert: Page Numbers
• Alignment:  Right
• Format:  Number Format:  "i,ii,iii..."
• OK:  OK
• Close Box

• A statement that summarizes the central idea of the paper, for which the author intends to argue.

• Final sentence of 1st paragraph

• Establishes a boundary around your subject, keeps you from straying
• Charts an orderly course for the paper
• Gives reader an idea what to expect

• Notes:  Thesis is central idea that summarizes the information gathered on the subject.
• For example, consider "Gilded Six-Bits" (see Discussion Q's page )

• Be clear, direct, and comprehensible
• Predict major divisions in the structure of the paper
• Commit you to an unmistakable course, argument, or point of view, unlike these examples:
• This paper will discuss the use of imagery in Hurston's "Sweat."
• This paper will compare the marriage of Joe and Missie May to that of Delia and Sykes.

45:
Describe the most effective title.

• Clear, specific, informative
• Includes keywords from subject of paper
• Usually NOT a sentence
• Thesis statement can be SOURCE (but not identical)

• Formulate thesis
• Go over notes for relevant material
• Organize notes in order of appearance
• Sketch outline or abstract

• Use spell-check
• Afterwards, PROOFREAD with OWN eyes!
• Save your work OFTEN
• Do not wait until the end!
• Revise on hard copy, make changes on screen (97)

• Providing information about the source of borrowed ideas

• ANYTIME you introduce a borrowed idea from another person, whether as a Quote, Paraphrase, or Summary

• Must be smooth, blending logically into the surrounding discussion
• Should not be OVERused:  Your thoughts should dominate (102)
• Using quotes as part of sentence:  1st word not capitalized (104)
• Long Quotes (Prose=5+ lines, Verse=4+ lines)
• Indented 10 spaces
• Introduced with long sentence and colon
• No quotation marks
• Need to be explained in detail:  On 106 is example of quote that is Not properly explained.:  Explain more specifically what words create "a trancelike mood" (106).
• Line 274:  Extra Long Line (107)

109-12:
Ellipsis:  Book says they are ok at end (110), NOT at beginning (112), but both are unnecessary.
112:
What is another name for an indirect quote?

• A paraphrase

117:
What is UNITY?

• Sticking to thesis without rambling
• Follow the lead of your thesis

118:
What is COHERENCE?

• Sticking together:  Clear connections between ideas
• Precise word reference
• Parallel structures
• Transitional markers
• What are transitions?
• Avoid mixed constructions

• Present Tense

• Do not confuse MLA and APA styles!
• For this class (although maybe not for others), use MLA style and Parenthetical Citation

• ANYTIME you introduce a borrowed idea from another person, whether as a Quote, Paraphrase, or Summary

• "**************" (Hurston 75).

• "**********" (Hurston "Sweat" 58).

• Hurston describes Delia as "********************" (57).