Checklist for Your Formatting

After you've finished your paper, review the following questions to make sure your formatting is correct: 

• Do you have your name, your teacher's name, your class, and the date double spaced in the top left corner of your first page?
• Do you have a centered title on the first page of your paper?
• Is your title in the same font and font size with no underline or italics?
• Do you have one inch margins on all sides?
• Is your paper left justified?
• Do you have a header on the top right corner of each page with your last name and the current page number?
• Is your paper in the same font and size? 
• Is your paper double-spaced with no additional spaces between paragraphs?
• Do you have indented one tab at the beginning of each paragraph?
• Do you have only one space after your periods? Or two as directed by your professor?

Checklist for Your Works-Cited List   

After you've finished your paper, review the following questions to make sure your works-cited list is correct: 

• Does the works-cited list begin on a seperate page at the end of the paper/report?
• Is the works-cited list in the same font and size as the rest of the paper? 
• Is the works-cited list double-spaced?
• Do you have a header that includes your last name and page number in the upper right corner?
• Is the title Works Cited capitalized and centered at the top of the page? 
• Has every source cited in the paper been included in the works-cited list?
• Are all entries in alphabetical order by the authors' last names? (For works with no author listed, alphabetize by the first word of the entry ignoring A, An, or The.)
• Does each entry have a hanging indent? (Indent all but the first line of each entry 1/2 inch or five spaces.)
• Have you maintained double-spacing?
• Have you double-checked your entries for accuracy?
• Do you have only one space after periods?