What should be listed in a parenthetical citation in a paper when it is not a direct quote?
What is (author last name, date published) or (Corporate author, date published or copywritten).
100
How is a references page alphabetized?
What is by first author last name for each source.
100
Which font should be used in APA papers?
What is 12 points Times New Roman?
100
This paragraph contains the thesis statement and tells the reader what the author is writing about and provides specifics.
What is the introduction paragraph.
100
This is the term that means you are putting information from a source into your own words as much as possible.
What is paraphrasing.
200
What information needs to be included when one is citing a direct quotation?
What is (author last name, year published, page or paragraph number) or (corporate author, year published, page or paragraph number).
200
Should the reference page be double spaced? True or false?
What is true. Everything is double spaced on an APA paper.
200
What size margins are on an APA paper?
What is one inch all around.
200
This is the voice you want to use for your verbs when constructing sentences so they are sharp and hold the reader's interest.
What is active voice.
200
True or false: When you paraphrase something, you still must cite the source you got it from.
What is true. You are supposed to paraphrase something but then you are also supposed to cite where you got it from in the paper.
300
Where does the period go in a sentence when something is cited?
What is after the citation like this(Jahneke, 2014). Never put the period before the citation.
300
The second and subsequent lines to a reference page are formatted in what fashion.
What is a hanging indent of .5 inches.
300
This page contains the title of the paper, the student's name, and the institution in which the student attends school.
What is the title page.
300
True or false: You should not use contractions in an APA paper.
What is true. They look unprofessional and they count against you if you have a word count requirement for your assignments.
300
What information can be included in a paper and does not have to be cited?
What is common knowledge. ie. Barack Obama is president, and George Washington was the 1st US president.
400
Quotes of 40 or more words need to cited like this.
What is block quote method.
400
If you cannot locate a copyright date or date published what should you list in your citation and references section after the author's last name?
What is n.d.
400
What is a site you should typically avoid for APA papers as a source.
What is Wikipedia.
400
These paragraphs are the ones you say you are going to write about in your thesis statement.
What are body paragraphs.
400
True or false: You can use previous papers for future assignments and you do not need to cite them.
What is false. You can use them as a source but you must cite them and include them in your references page.
500
This type of citation is a word for word replication of what someone said.
What is a direct quote. These should be only the best quotes you cannot figure out how to paraphrase and they should be rare in an APA paper.
500
What should always be included on the references page for the author?
What is the last name, first initial(and middle initial if listed). The first initials or middle initials should never be included in APA citations in the paper.
500
What is the conclusion paragraph labeled as?
What is Discussion(This is centered above the final paragraph).
500
This paragraph restates the thesis statement, summarizes the essay and finishes the paper.
What is the conclusion paragraph.
500
True or false: Paraphrasing is changing the sentence structure of information you got from a source and putting it into your own words using synonyms.