Direct Quotation
The term used to signify an introduction to a quotation that includes an author's name.
What is a signal phrase?
Lloyd, R. (2018, March 8). "Media coverage of mass
shootings: Is it part of the problem?" Undark.
Retrieved from https://www.undark.org
No quotation marks around article title.
The title, any headings, and the word at the top of the page with citations.
What is bolded in an APA paper?
How the Reference page is organized.
What is in alphabetical order by author's last name?
The page called a "Works Cited" page in MLA format is called what in APA format?
What is a "References" page?
Two pieces of information that every in-text citation must include.
What are the author('s) name(s) and date?
(For an online source)
Lee, M. (2015, August 12). For Planned Parenthood, abortion stats "3 percent" and "94 percent" are both misleading. The Washington Post.
What is the URL?
Two characteristics of the font required for an APA paper.
What are Times New Roman and 12-point?
Identify the error:
Swarns, Robert. (2017, April 9). A family, for a few days a year. The New York Times, https/www.nytimes.com/family_few_days/
Only the author's first initial should be used.
What is the difference between information in the header of an MLA and an APA paper?
MLA: Author's last name and page number
APA: page number only
Find the error in this direct quotation format:
According to Palladino and Wade, “a flexible mind is a healthy mind” (p. 147).
The date is missing.
Jones, D.M., Bacon, M., & William-Schultz, L.C.
(2010). Music as pedagogy. International journal of
interdisciplinary social sciences, 5(2), 357-378. doi:
10:10.188848/1833-1822
Journal title should have title-style capitalization.
This is generally found on the second page and consists of a summary and keywords.
What is an abstract?
Identify the error:
Swarns, R.L. (2017, April 9). "A family, for a few days a year." The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/family_few_days/
The quotation marks.
What tense must signal phrases use?
Past or present perfect (stated, has stated.)
Which citation(s) are correct?
1. According to Palladino and Wade (2010), “a flexible mind is a healthy mind” (p. 147).
2. In 2010, Palladino and Wade noted that “a flexible mind is a healthy mind” (p. 147).
3. In fact, “a flexible mind is a healthy mind” (Palladino & Wade, 2010, p. 147).
What is all 3?
What is missing from the following summary from a student paper?
According to one study, sibutramine suppresses appetite by blocking the reuptake of two neurotransmitters in the brain (2002, p. 594).
What are the authors' names?
According to one study, sibutramine suppresses appetite by blocking the reuptake of two neurotransmitters in the brain (Yanovski & Yanovski, 2002, p. 594).
Two places your title must appear.
What are on the title page and at the top of p.2?
What three things are missing from this citation?
Cojanu, V. (2013). Economics, Darwinism, and the case of disciplinary imports. American Journal of Economics & Sociology. https://www.doi.org: 10.1111/j.1536-7150.2012.x
The volume and issue numbers and pages.
Give one major piece of information given in an APA in-text citation that does not appear in an MLA in-text citation.
What is the date?
Three things that characterize a "block quotation."
What are 40 words or more, no quotation marks, and indented a half inch. (Also, the period comes before the final parenthetical reference.)
Cary, B. (2007, July 31). Who’s minding the mind?
The New York Times. Retrieved from https:// www.nytimes.com/2007/07/31/health/psychology/31subl.html
No "Retrieved from" is necessary.
These are four items that must appear on the title page.
What are the page number, the title, the author, and the school affiliation? (There may also be an author note.)
How should a government document with no author be cited on the References page?
Instead of the author, give the governmental department that authored the document: U.S. Census Bureau or U.S. Transportation Department.
What APA stands for.
What is the American Psychological Association?