Formatting Level One and Level Two Headings
Use level one headings for the title of your paper. Center level one headings in the middle of the paper.
Make the heading in bold type. Use title case capitalization, meaning that you capitalize the first and last word, as well as other important words. For example, you would center the following title on the middle of your title page: How Cats Like to Sleep
Use level two headings to divide your paper into major sections. You also use bold type and title case capitalization for level two headings. However, you justify level two headings all the way to the left instead of centering them. For example: Cats in Curled Positions
Formatting Level Three Headings
Divide your major sections into smaller sections with level three headings. Like level one and two, you use bold type for level three. Unlike the other two, you use sentence case capitalization, meaning you only capitalize the first word of the heading.
Indent your level three headings. For these headings, you don’t center the heading, but you don’t place it all the way over to the left, either. Instead, you indent a bit from the left.
Use a period at the end of the heading. Start the text immediately afterwards. Look at the example below for help: Cats sleeping while grabbing their back legs. Cats often like to sleep with their back legs tucked into their front ones…
Formatting Level Four and Level Five Headings
Use level four headings for smaller divisions within your paper. Like the previous level, you should use bold typeface, and should indent from the left. You also use a period and start the body of the text immediately.
Italicize your level four headings. Also remember to use sentence case capitalization. For example: Cats with their noses tucked in. Some cats like to tuck their nose in for warmth…
Use level five headings for the smallest divisions in your paper. Like the previous level, use italicized typeface, and indent from the left. Use a period at the end of the heading before beginning the body text immediately.
Do not use bold faced type when writing out level five headings. You do, however, use sentence-case capitalization. See the example below: Cats with tails wrapped around their noses. One way for a cat to tuck its nose in is to wrap its tail around its nose…
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