HOW TO FORMAT A PAPER

Name Hour Date Ms. Wolf Title (12 pt. Times New Roman, Bold Indent

Writing Dos and Donts

12 point font Times new roman Double space 5 paragraphs Thesis, introduction and conclusion

Maya Koob 3rd Hour

DOS
1. Do read your paper out loud after
each draft. Pause at each punctuation when reading paper to yourself. When reading aloud you will spot run-on sentences. If you feel like you have to take a breath when reading a sentence, it is probably a run-on.

6 TRAITS
Verb-is an action or a state Ex. be, have, do Noun-person, place, or thing Ex. pen, dog, work Adjective- describes a noun Ex. big, red, well Adverb- describes a verb, adjective, or adverb Ex. quickly silently badly Pronoun- replaces a noun Ex. she, he, you Preposition- links nouns to another word Ex. to, on, after Conjunction- joins clauses or phrases or words Ex. and, but, when Interjections- short exclamation, sometimes inserted into a sentence Ex. oh! Ouch! Hi!

DONTS
Never begin a paper with: Im going to tell you My paper is about You assigned me to topic of This is a story about Never begin a sentence with a conjunction (FANBOY for, and, nor, but, or, yet) Write out all number under 10 in words. This excludes times, dates, temperature, scores. Never use well or so to begin a sentence. You are not writing a note keep it formal. Always watch out when using the pronouns me and I. If the prompt doesnt call for you to write in first person, DONT DO IT. Dont use you or any form of you in a formal paper. Instead use words like people, one, and teenagers. Dont end a sentence with prepositions Avoid using like- you are not a valley girl Never end a sentence with the word at. (Writing or speaking) Dont text write in any assignment you turn in.

2. Do check spelling. 3. Do check pronoun use. 4. Do be careful about shifting

tense. If you start writing in past tensestay in past tense.

5. Do be careful about homonyms. 6. Do learn the use of the word

too. It means ALSO!

7. Do start sentence in a variety of

ways.

8. Do vary sentence length.

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Phone (704) 5550125 Fax (704) 555-0145 Web site address

Dont call you essays/papers stories Dont end your papers with phrases like: Thats all I have to say. Now you know what I researched. The end. Goodbye.