Your name, both first and last

Name of your instructor

Name and number of this course

Date the paper was submitted

Title of Your Paper

This template is more accurate than the one supplied by Microsoft. The basics are the same: one-inch margin all around, Times New Roman 12-point type, double-spaced, with a one-half inch indent at the beginning of the paragraph.

This style is “Body Paragraph.” To use it, highlight and overtype all the information above with your own information, then delete everything below down to “Works Cited” and type in your own material.

This is the style for a direct quotation of four or more lines. The paragraph style name is “Quote.” These long, indented quotations do not get quote marks because academic readers know that the indented material is all quoted. Put your citation in parentheses after the final punctuation. (AuthorName)

If the material after your long quotation doesn’t begin a new paragraph, you can tag it with “Normal.” You will then need to tag the following paragraph with “Body Paragraph.”

The Works Cited page (if you need one) is a separate page. Rather than pressing the <enter> key a lot and hoping for the best, the Works Cited title is tagged with the “Works Cited Title” tag, which forces a new page.

Works Cited

This is the format for the entries on the Works Cited page. It’s a “Hanging Indent,” which means the first line sticks out. The paragraph style is “Works Cited Entry.”