Guidelines for All Essays: Checklist

____ print your essays with a 12-point font in either Time New Roman or Courier on only one side of white paper.

____ don’t use a cover sheet, paper or plastic cover, or binder, please

____ in the upper-left corner of the first page, type your first and last names, the instructor’s name, the title of the course, and the date, on four parallel horizontal lines

____ double-space your essay with standard margins (1” all the way around)

____ don’t leave any extra spaces between paragraphs

____ use a single staple in the upper-left corner

____ on the remaining pages, type your last name and the page number (only the number with no comma) in the upper-right corner.

____ center your title (this should be an original title unique to your paper) in upper-and-lower case double-spaced above the first paragraph; no all-caps, no underlining, no larger font or wacky characters for the title.

____ when you quote from a text, put the words quoted in quotation marks; then put the author’s name and the page number (no comma) in parentheses at the end of your sentence (before the period).

____ attach evidence of work done with the tutors or at the WRAC, if applicable