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? (Times New Roman and 12-point font)
• Is your paper double-spaced with no additional spaces between paragraphs?
• Do you have intended one tab at the beginning of each paragraph?
• Do you have only one space after your periods?

Checklist for Your Works Cited Page    

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

• Does the Works Cited begin on a seperate page at the end of the paper/report?
• Is the Works Cited page in the same font and size as the rest of the paper? (Times New Roman and 12-point font)
• Is the Works Cited page 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 page?
• 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 one-half inch or five spaces.)
• Have you eliminated extra spaces between entries? (Maintain double-spacing.)
• Have you double-checked your entries for accuracy?
• Do you have only one space after periods?