General Rules
This is the font most commonly recommended for APA papers.
What is Times New Roman
What is the format for citing a single author in-text
What is Author, Year
This is the title centered at the top of the references page
What is References
This is the maximum number of words for a short quote
This is the edition of APA currently in use
What is the 7th edition
This is the required spacing throughout an APA paper
What is double-spacing
What is Author & Author, Year
This is the order in which references are listed
What is alphabetical order by author's last name
This is how short quotes are formatted in-text
What is with quotation marks
What is 20 authors
This is the margin size required on all sides of an APA paper
What is 1 inch
This is how you cite three or more authors in-text
What is Author et al., Year
What is a hanging indent
This is how long quotes (40+ words) are formatted
What is a block quote (indented, no quotation marks)
This is how you cite a webpage with no date
What is (Author, n.d.)
What is the title page
This is how you cite a direct quote with a page number
What is Author, Year, P.#
This is how you format a book reference
What is Author, (Year). Title of Book. Publisher
This is what you must always include when paraphrasing
What is the Author and Year
This is how you site a source with multiple works by the same author in the same year
What is Author, Year(a); Author, Year(b)
This is the running head's maximum character length
What is 50 characters (including spaces)
This is how you cite a source with no author
What is "Title," Year
This is how you format a journal article reference
What is Author, (Year). Title of Article. Title of Journal, Volume(issue), pages. DOI
This is the difference between quoting and paraphrasing
What is quoting uses exact words, paraphrasing uses your own words