Junior Research Paper: Essay Requirements Your final essay must meet the following requirements.

Check off each box as you ensure your paper includes the criteria:

MLA
o o o o o o Be at least 8 pages in length [at least halfway onto the 8th page], NOT including your Works Cited Be typed in an easy-to-read 12-point font Be double-spaced Have 1-inch margins all the way around Have your last name and page number in the top right corner of every page, like this: Berg 7 On the first page, the following heading should be in the top left corner: Your Name Mrs. Berg English 11 25 October 2011 o o o A centered, unformatted title below the heading, with no extra spaces above or below it. It CANNOT be entitled Research Paper or Abortion. It MUST be creative. Perfect in-text citations: ---------------------------------- (Author pg#). If a quotation runs longer than 4 lines, indent it one inch in its own paragraph, do NOT use quotation marks, and put your parenthetical citations OUTSIDE the period at the end of the passage. o Include a perfect Works Cited page as a separate last page, following the above formatting

Have your thesis statement as the last or almost last sentence[s] of your introduction Be organized according to your thesis statement Build a cohesive, persuasive and legitimate argument for your stance of your chosen topic,
supported by your research.

Perfect spelling and grammar Perfect comma usage Perfect apostrophe usage, but NO CONTRACTIONS [dont, doesnt, theyre, shes, its, etc] One semicolon AND one colon used CORRECTLY per page

 Perfect hyphen usage NO first person language in your own writing [I, we, you, our] UNTIL the very end of your
conclusion, if you make any personal appeals or statements