MLA Documentation
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Date : ___________________ Title of Work: ___________________
 
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Setup and Formatting of Research Paper
Incorrect font size and style is used, line spacing is incorrect, no title is provided or it is not centered and in appropriate font size and style, name, date, and class information is either not provided or formatted incorrectly, heading does not include page number and author's last name, and no works cited page is provided
2 or more of the following mistakes have been made: Incorrect font size and style is used, line spacing is incorrect, no title is provided or it is not centered and in appropriate font size and style, name, date, and class information is either not provided or formatted incorrectly, heading does not include page number and author's last name, and no works cited page is provided
One or more of the following mistakes have been made:Incorrect font size and style is used, line spacing is incorrect, no title is provided or it is not centered and in appropriate font size and style, name, date, and class information is either not provided or formatted incorrectly, heading does not include page number and author's last name, and no works cited page is provided
No mistakes in formatting and setup have been made
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MLA in-text citation formatting
Little or no documentation was provided throughout the paper to give credit to the authors who provided the researched material
Only direct quotations were documented, or documentation was only provided at the end of each paragraph.
Two or more of the following mistakes were made with in-text citations: parentheses not provided, more than the author's last name was given, quotation marks not provided around article titles when used, article titles used when author's last name was available, incorrect documentation of multiple authors, page number not provided, comma used before page number, period placed before or within the parentheses
No more than one of the following mistakes were made with in-text citations: parentheses not provided, more than the author's last name was given, quotation marks not provided around article titles when used, article titles used when author's last name was available, incorrect documentation of multiple authors, page number not provided, comma used before page number, period placed before or within the parentheses
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Proper citations provided with paraphrasing and direct quotations
Documentation not provided, or all information was directly quoted from the sources
Documentation only provided for direct quotations or only documented at the end of each paragraph
Documentation not provided immediately after direct quotations or author did not re-document after a change in the page number of a source
Fewer than 2 mistakes in citations for paraphrasing and direct quotations were made throughout the paper
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Works Cited page provided, setup, and formatted correctly
No works cited page provided
Works cited page provided, but 2 or more of the following mistakes were made: Works Cited heading not provided, works cited page attached to last page of the content of the paper (rather than having its own page), incorrect font size and style, incorrect line spacing, no hanging indentions, not appropriately arranged in alphabetical order, or incorrectly documented
Fewer than 2 of the following mistakes were made on the works cited page: Works Cited heading not provided, works cited page attached to last page of the content of the paper (rather than having its own page), incorrect font size and style, incorrect line spacing, no hanging indentions, not appropriately arranged in alphabetical order, or incorrectly documented
No mistakes made on works cited page
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