Could I send Monero from an exchange (such as Poloniex) to the public address of my paper wallet? Would that work?
I'm new to all this and not a techie person.
Thanks.
Yes, that would work. Just make sure you don't lose the seed for your paper wallet.
If you were a techie, this URL should be most helpful plus the two other URLs it references at the bottom. It is possible to have a brain wallet that maps to BIP 39 seed words that in turn map to Electrum seed words used to restore Monero wallets.