How to Write a Cover Page

How to Write a Cover Page1 How to Write a Cover Page The American psychological association (APA) style of writing is usually recommended by many college-level instructors while writing research papers. One can find the use of the APA style of writing in many fields like nursing and social sciences. It is used for citing and formatting information in a paper. One needs to follow many rules and requirements while writing a cover page in the APA style. This kind of styling requires one to include certain pieces of information in the cover page. Have a look at the points mentioned below that can help you out in writing a cover page in the APA style:

You have to begin by writing the title of the paper towards the middle of the cover page. Make sure that the title is centered in the page. You have to then format the title in title case which is capitalizing only the first letter of each of the main word in the title. Be careful about not italicizing, writing in bold or putting the title in quotation marks.
You shall have to include some information about the paper’s author and the course pertaining to which the author is writing the paper. Put this information in the center and as close to the bottom of the cover page as possible. You have to include information about the author and the course like name of the paper’s author, name of the course, name of the instructor and the due date of the paper. Place each item on a separate line.
You will now have to write down a shortened version of the title in the upper right hand corner of the cover page. The shortened version of the title should consist of only three to five words. Basically the shortened version should summarize the title and the gist of the paper. You will have to align the shortened version of the title at the right margin.
To the right of the shortened title, place a page number. This should also be placed in the upper right hand corner and should be aligned at the right margin. Be sure to use lower case roman numerals for writing the page number of the title page.

After knowing about the APA style of writing the cover page we can move towards knowing the way in which we can write a cover page in the MLA style. The modern language association (MLA) style was developed for the purpose of promoting the study of language and literature. This style of writing is very much favored among academic writers in the humanities department. Many colleges focus on making their students write in MLA style while preparing a paper. Have a look at the steps mentioned below that helps in making you understand the method of writing a paper in MLA style:

You have to begin by moving down to one third of the page and then type the title of the paper by centering it.
Now you have to leave a double space and then type in your name. Make this also centered in the page.
Now you have to type the class title and section. Both of them should be centered. You have to position the class title and section three times up from the bottom.
The professor’s name also has to be typed in under the name of the class. Keep it centered in the page.
After this you have to place the due date of the paper under the name of the professor and also make it centered in the page.