Paraphrasing
What three elements should be inside the parentheses for an in-text citation of a quote from a print source?
Author's last name, year, page number.
What elements must generally be in every in-text citation?
Last name of the author and year published
What three extra pages/sections should be added to the pages containing your essay in your APA formatted final draft?
Title page, abstract, References page(s)
How should the references be ordered in a References page list?
In alphabetical order of the author (whichever last name appears first in the citation)
How is a summary different from a paraphrase?
Paraphrase is a sentence-to-sentence translation, while a summary condenses information from a whole paragraph, page or article.
Is the following citation for this direct quotation correct? She stated, "Students often had difficulty using APA style" (Jones, 1998, p. 199).
Yes.
What should you put in a citation if the author is unknown?
Cite the source by its title in the sentence or use the first word or two in the parentheses.
What should appear at the top right of each page?
Page number
What should the formatting of a References page look like?
References, centered, bold.
What is improper paraphrasing (faulty paraphrase)?
When the words/sentence in your essay are too similar to the original source text.
Is the following NARRATIVE citation for a quotation correct? According to Jones, "Students often had difficulty using APA style, especially when it was their first time" (1998, p. 199).
No: According to Jones (1998), "Students often had difficulty using APA style, especially when it was their first time" (p. 199).
What should you put for an in-text citation if the year of publication is unknown?
(n.d.)
Do student papers need a running headline across the top of every page?
No. Only professional papers for publication in APA 7th Edition.
How should the author's name and the year always appear at the beginning of a References page entry?
Last name, first initial. (Year).
Explain how to do an in-text citation for the following as paraphrase: "APA style is a difficult citation format for first-time learners."
Author: Eric Jones, Year of publication: 2006
APA is a difficult format for beginners (Jones, 2006).
When should you use a block quotation?
When the quotation is longer than 40 words.
Is the following citation for two authors correct? There is a specific way to cite information from a source by two authors (Wegener and Petty, 1994).
No. If the names are in the parenthetical, they need to have the ampersand, &.
Three items that should appear on the title/cover page?
Title, first and last name, department and institution, class number and title, professor, due date
What is wrong with this citation for a book?
Calfee & Valencia. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. Washington, DC: American University Press.
Missing first initial of authors.
Paraphrase this sentence from Happy Money:
"Our discussion so far suggests that across a wide range of experiences, you're likely to get the biggest bang for your buck if the experience brings you together with other people, fostering a sense of social connection."
Any acceptable answer.
Name one instance when you should use a quotation rather than a paraphrase.
When the exact author's wording is particularly striking or useful; when the author is an authoritative source; when you take issue with what the author says
When do you use "et al."?
For sources with 3 or more authors, every subsequent citation after the first one. Always for sources with more than 5 authors (basically, for 3 or more authors)
What is wrong with the following citation for a journal article?
Harlow, H. (1983). Fundamentals for Preparing Psychology Journal Articles. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 55, 893-896.
Title of article should only have first word capitalized.