In Class Assignment at the CLE Monday, Sept. 30th

We're meeting in the CLE mini-lab on Monday! But you already knew that, didn't you?

Your assignment for today will be to work MLA format. You'll be writing the introduction to your Definition/Example essay. Here are the instructions for MLA formatting:


Your First Page

Only the first page should include the whole heading and title. All margins--top, bottom, and sides--should be set to one inch (1") throughout the whole paper. Don't add extra spaces between the heading and the title, nor should there be extra spaces between the title and the body of the paragraph.

Use a reasonably-sized font: either 10 characters per inch or a 12 point font. And choose a font that is easy to read rather one that is decorative: "Arial," "Lucida," "Modern," "Palermo" or "Times New Roman" are some good choices. Scripted fonts are hard to read even if they do make your paper "look nice"; it is the content of the paper that is most important, and making it easy for your readers to understand that content is always a good choice.

All Following Pages:

Instead of the full heading, pages that follow the opening page should use a header in the upper right corner: your last name and the page number.
Do not add extra spaces between paragraphs--that is a business format. Instead, make sure to continue indenting paragraphs one-half inch (the usual tab default setting).






So your assignment, for today, will be to turn in a properly formatting MLA page that includes your introduction to your Definition/Example essay. Your introduction needs to have the following elements:

1. The extended definition (term, class, distinguishing characteristics and negation)
2. Your thesis statement (what you term is and why it's important)
3. An attention grabber.