Five paragraphs means introduction with thesis, main body with topic sentences and a conclusion. The introduction should be approximately three sentences long, and the main body paragraphs must be at least five sentences long. Personal pronouns referring to yourself are not acceptable. Numbers under one hundred should be spelled out. In that same regard, use the thesaurus to avoid trite words such as good, bad, big ect.
Books are always underlined and short stories are in quotes.
The rule of thumb to remember is that anything less than a book is in quotes. Anything as long as or longer than books are underlined. No source is ever given both an underline and quotation marks. As all papers for my class, unless otherwise stated, are formal, use full words, not contractions. Remember that this is my first impression of you.