Paper Format

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• Type or print on one side of standard 8.5 x 11 inch paper.
• Double-space your paper.
• Use either a ten or twelve point font size.
• Do not include a title page.
• Create a header and number the pages in the upper right-hand corner.
• The header should be flush with the right margin.
• The right margin is not justified.
• Set all margins to 1 inch.
• Indent the first work of each paragraph one-half inch.

Paragraph Length

• A paragraph must have at least two sentences.
• When a paragraph exceeds five or six sentences, think about subdividing it.

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