APA Basics
(Smith, 2020)
What is an APA in-text citation?
(Author page)
What is an MLA in-text citation?
In APA in-text citations, this comes after the author's name
What is the publication date
APA's bibliography title
What is References?
Never unlined or bolded
What is a title?
Paper title, author, affiliation, course, instructor, due date
What is an APA title page?
Date Month Year
MLA date format for heading
symbol that APA uses for in-text citations and MLA does not
What is a comma?
MLA bibliography title
What is Works Cited?
Symbol used to refer to shorter works contained within a larger whole in the body of an essay
What are quotation marks?
Student last name and page number
What is the APA header?
Student name, Instructor's name, Course name, date
What is an MLA heading?
intext citation symbol that APA uses for 2 authors and MLA does not
What is ampersand?
Alphabetical, hanging indent, double spaced, centered title
What are similarities of Works Cited and References?
Website that provides free formatting info?
What is Purdue OWL?
What is the Abstract and running head?
Last name and page number at top right hand corner
(p. 225)
What is an APA page locator?
Used for standalone works like books, journals, websites
What are Italics?
Used for 3 or more authors
What is et al.?
7th
What is the latest edition?
Symbol used for referencing articles in the works cited page
What are quotation marks?
Heerah and colleagues
What is an MLA narrative citation for 3 or more authors?
first line of text is aligned with the left margin, while all subsequent lines are indented
What is a hanging indent?
When a page number does not exist, we refer to this
What is a source locator?