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CBA WP Lesson 3
Report Formatting
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What should be the line spacing for reports? | double-spaced |
| What is the white space surrounding the content of a page at the top, bottom, left, and right sides called? | margins |
| What should be the margins for reports? | 1 inch on all sides |
| What kind of indent should the paragraphs in your report have | ½-inch first line indent |
| What is the term for the size, style, and design of text? | font |
| What is a typeface with projections extending off the main strokes of a character? | serif font |
| What is a typeface without serifs called? | sans serif font |
| What are typefaces designed to attract attention, used in limited situations, mostly in large sizes for headlines or titles? | Decorative fonts |
| In what units of measure are fonts measured? | points |
| Which font style makes characters appear darker than the surrounding text? | bold |
| Text that is sloped to the right is called what? | italics |
| Which font and font size would did we use as an example of the type and size to use in writing a report? | 12-point Times New Roman |
| What should be the contents and alignment of the header in a report? | a right-aligned header with your last name and the page number |
| What is the term for the same text appearing at the top of every page or every other page in a document? | header |
| How should the title of the report be aligned? | center |
| What is relevant source information placed in parentheses after a quote or paraphrase called? | parenthetical citation |
| What is a list of the works referred to in a writing or consulted in the preparation of a writing called? | works cited page |
| What means to steal or pass off the ideas or words of another, as one’s own? | plagiarism |
| What means that the author's last name and the page number(s) from which the quotation or paraphrase is taken must appear in the text, and a complete reference should appear on your Works Cited page? | author-page method of in-text citation |
| Each citation in the Works Cited pages should have which kind of indent? | hanging |
| Entries in the Works Cited page should be sorted in what order? | alphabetical |
| What is an indentation feature in which only the first line of a paragraph is NOT indented? | hanging indent |
| What feature allows the user to rearrange the order of words or numbers? | sort |
| To sort from lowest to highest or from A to Z you need to sort in which order? | ascending |
| To sort from highest to lowest or from Z to A you need to sort in which order? | descending |
| Must any source information you provide in-text correspond to the source information on the Works Cited page? | yes |
| What method of in-text citation does MLA follow? | Author-Page method |
| When a source has no known author, what should you put in the parentheses, in place of the author’s name? | a shortened title of the work |
| In what should you enclose short quotations? | double quotations |
| What is considered to be a short quotation? | Quotations of fewer than four typed lines of prose or three lines of verse |
| What is considered to be a long quotation? | Quotations that are four or more lines of verse or prose |
| How are long quotations handled in MLA? | placed in a free-standing block of text and omit the quotation marks. |
| How much are long quotations indented? | one inch from the left margin |
| Where should you place the Works Cited page? | on a separate page at the end of the report |
| What should the margins be for the Works Cited page? | one inch |
| What header should appear on the Works Cited page? | the same right-aligned last name, page number header as the rest of the report |
| Should the title, Works Cited, be bolded, placed in quotation marks and centered at the top of the Works Cited page? | It should NOT be bolded or placed in quotation marks. |
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