Formatting
The correct font for APA format.
What is Times New Roman? (Hint: *NOT* Times)
The location of the page number.
What is the top right corner?
True/False: It is permissible to say "I" in your papers.
What is true?
Direct quotes of _______ words or longer should be placed in block quote form within an essay and should be used sparingly.
A. 10 words
B. 100 words
C. 40 words
D. 400 words
What is C: 40 words?
The correct heading for the references page.
What is References (not Works Cited, not Bibliography) centered at the top of a new page (not italicized, bolded, or underlined)?
The correct font size for APA format.
What is 12-point font?
The format of the paper title in the running header.
True/False: It is permissible to use second person ("you") in academic writing.
What is false? (Don't say "you" in academic writing - second person makes assumptions about your reader and can often come off as accusatory!)
These two pieces of information will be included for every in-text citation you do.
What are the author's name and the year?
The reference page is organized by _____________.
A. Article title
B. Publication year
C. Journal name
D. Author’s last name
What is D: Author's last name?
The correct line spacing for APA format.
What is double spaced?
The words that go in the header *only* on the first page and nowhere else.
What is "Running Head:" ?
True/False: The following is a sentence fragment. "Meaning that it is not a complete sentence."
What is true?
Paraphrasing is:
A. Re-writing the same phrase from another source into your own essay.
B. Giving the meaning of an idea or information in another form than was originally stated; a re-statement using one’s own words
C. The explanatory sentences that follow a paragraph directly copied from one source to another.
D. Changing the original author’s underlying message/meaning of their statement into your own ideas within an essay.
What is B?
(Hint: You must cite your sources even when you're paraphrasing! That means even when you're just summarizing a TV show!!)
To correctly format APA references…..
A. Keep everything left aligned
B. Opposite of paragraph formatting; There is a hanging indent (first line is aligned left and second and subsequent lines are indented) by .5 inches
C. Opposite of paragraph formatting; The first 2 lines hang over the remaining lines by 1 inch
D. Everything is right justified
What B: hanging indent?
The correct margins for APA format.
What are one-inch margins all around?
(Hint: *NOT* 1.25 inches on the right and left)
The three pieces of information that go on the title page.
What are the title of the paper, your name, and the academic institution (The Ohio State University)?
True/False: "This" and other pronouns are acceptable to use frequently in your papers.
What is false? ("This" is unclear and tells me nothing - don't fall victim to the lazy "this!")
The following quote is from the reference listed below: “The exposures that influence children’s health begin before conception—reflecting parents’ diets and other environmental exposures— and continue through pregnancy, childhood, and adolescence.”
Reference: Sheffield, P. E., & Landrigan, P. J. (2011). Global climate change and children's health: threats and strategies for prevention. Environmental Health Perspectives, 119(3), 291-298. doi:10.1289/ehp.1002233
Which of the following examples demonstrates correct in-text citation of the direct quote?
A. Sheffield states “The exposures that influence children’s health begin before conception—reflecting parents’ diets and other environmental exposures— and continue through pregnancy, childhood, and adolescence” (p. 291).
B. Sheffield and Landrigan (2011) state “The exposures that influence children’s health begin before conception—reflecting parents’ diets and other environmental exposures— and continue through pregnancy, childhood, and adolescence.”
C. Sheffield and Landrigan (2011) state “The exposures that influence children’s health begin before conception—reflecting parents’ diets and other environmental exposures— and continue through pregnancy, childhood, and adolescence” (p. 291).
D. Authors stated: "The exposures that influence children’s health begin before conception—reflecting parents’ diets and other environmental exposures— and continue through pregnancy, childhood, and adolescence” (Sheffield & Langdon, 2011, p. 291).
E: C and D
What is E: C and D?
Hint: The author and year always appear right next to each other! The page number can go at the end.
Book references include……In this exact order…
A. Author’s last name, Initials. (Publication year). Title of Book. Publisher.
B. Title of book. (Publication year). Author’s last name, Initials. Publisher.
C. (Publication year). Author’s last name, Initials. Title of book Publisher
D. Author’s last name, Initials. (Publication year). Title of Book. Publisher.
What is D?
The two pieces of information that go at the top of every page.
What are the running header and page numbers?
The location of the information on the title page.
What is centered (both right to left and between the top and bottom of the page)?
Name the (5 kinds of) errors in the following sentences.
The shows use of lighting impacts the viewers. Which makes this important. The viewers eyes and attention is drawn too the brighter lights instead of teh darker ones.
What are:
1) Missing apostrophes to show possession! show's - possessive and viewers' - plural possessive
2) "Which makes this important" is a sentence fragment
3) "This" doesn't say anything - unclear
4) Subject verb agreement - eyes *and* attention (plural) are
5) Proofreading mistakes: "too" -> to and "teh" -> the
Provide the correct in-text citations for paraphrasing the following sources.
Schulzke, M. (2012). Contentious language: South Park and the transformation of meaning. Journal of Popular Film and Television, 40(1), 22-31. doi:10.1080/01956051.2011.624136
Richardson, J., & Eisenhower, J. (2014). Dr. Phil, medical theaters, freak shows, and talking couches: The talking stage as pedagogical site. Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies, 8(1), 67-80. doi:10.3828/jlcds.2014.5
Knobloch-Westerwick, S., David, P., Eastin, M. S., Tamborini, R., & Greenwood, D. (2009). Journal of Communication, 59, 750-767. doi:10.1111/j.1460-2466.2009.01456.x
What are:
(Schulzke, 2012)
(Richardson & Eisenhower, 2014)
(Knobloch-Westerwick, David, Eastin, Tamborini, & Greenwood, 2009) / (Knobloch-Westerwick et al., 2009)
Journal article references include……In this exact order…
A. (Publication year). Author’s last name, Initials. Title of article. Title of Journal, Volume(issue number), page start –page end.
B. Author’s last name, Initials. (Publication year). Title of article. Title of Journal, Volume(issue number), page start –page end.
C. Author’s last name, Initials. (Publication year). Title of article. Title of Journal.
D. Title of article. Title of Journal. Author’s last name, Initials. (Publication year). Volume(issue number), page start –page end.
What is B?