Entitlement: Not Everyone Is Born with It

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Nekrosius

Sam Nekrosius

Mr. Nekrosius

Humanities 3-4

5 February 2014

Entitlement: Not Everyone is Born with It

This is a guide to formatting your work. Everything you see in this document utilizes the correct form that was enumerated in the “Guideline for Manuscript Form” handout. Feel free to read through this to see how those rules are put into practice. Instructions presume that you are using Microsoft Word to type your paper.

The first thing I did when I opened this document was reset the margins and the font. To reset the margins, go to the “Format” tab and select “Margins.” The margins should all be set to one inch. Microsoft Word defaults to 1” margins at the top and bottom, but 1.5” margins on the sides. Change this. The second thing I did was change the font. For some reason, Microsoft defaults to “Calibri” font. Your font will be Times New Roman, the standard font for academic papers: clean, with fine serifs, but nothing flashy.

Now, look at the header. This is the format: my name, the teacher’s name, the class (with the class period), and the date the paper is due. The header is right justified, and the line spacing is single. After typing the header, go the Format tab, select “Paragraphs” and change the line spacing from “single” to “double.”

The title is centered, and bolded. It is not a different font or a different size. It’s also creative. It is not called, “Title,” “Research Paper” or “Manuscript Form.”

If I am citing works in the paper, “the proper format is this” (Drogos 18). Note that the author’s last name and the page number are included, and nothing else. This reference is a key that refers to your Works Cited list. Since your Works Cited list is alphabetized by the author’s last name, you include in your in-text citation. If you are citing a website without an author or editor, then you will use the first word or two words from the title of the website. If, for instance, I were citing the National Gallery of Art Website, I would write (National Gallery). I would not write ( If you are referring to an image, map, or other source use this format: (see appendix A). Your appendices should be collected at the end of your paper.

Note that on page two, and (on all subsequent pages), I have a header and page number. The header is my last name. To set this header on Microsoft Word, you can either click in the top margin, or go to the “View” tab and select “Header and Footer.” Right justify the header, either by clicking the right alignment in your toolbar, or by double clicking the cursor on the right side of the header. Then, type your last name, and type a space. Then, click the “Insert” tab and select “Page Numbers.” In the window that opens, be sure to “unclick” the box marked “Show number on the first page.”

After you have finished your paper, the next full page should be your works cited list. The works cited list is a part of the same page sequence as the rest of your paper (even though it does not count toward your paper’s minimum page count). The top of your works cited page should look like this, then (note the header):

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Works Cited

Drogos, Joseph. Entitlement: Not Everyone is Born with It, A Guideline to Manuscript Form. Chicago: SoGord Publishing, 2014.

Your bibliographic entries should be alphabetized by the author’s last names. NoodleTools will arrange the titles in alphabetical order for you.Lastly, any additional material (photos, maps, etc.) should be included after the Works Cited list, and should be labeled: “Appendix A,” “Appendix B,” etc.