
10-29-2009, 05:14 PM
This really depends on the teacher. I suggest asking her/him for guidelines before asking the world.
Speaking in very general terms, there are typically two ways you can take formatting: MLA and ALA. (You can look up the guidelines for both online.)
As far as individual paragraphs, I tend to treat all body paragraphs the same. The biggest difference between the five-paragraph essay and a longer paper is that you need to have more to discuss. Try not too get to repetitive.
Other than that, just ask your teacher/professor, check your syllabus (if you have one for the class), and the librarians. If you happen to have any kind of writing center at your school, that would be a good place to check as well.
If absolutly none of these places have any guidelines for you (which I highly doubt will happen) I suggest going with MLA. MLA is more commonly accepted for papers on literature where as ALA tends to be for more technical papers.
Good luck with it.
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