General Paper Format
This font is one of the most commonly accepted fonts in APA 7
Times New Roman
This is the biggest and most important text on the cover page, as it is listed first
The title of the paper
This is the main purpose of an in-text citation
To give credit to the source
This is the title written at the top of the final page where all sources are listed
References
APA stands for this
American Psychological Association
In APA 7, the entire paper should be spaced like this
Double-spaced
This should go under the title and tells who wrote the paper
Student's name
If you are paraphrasing information from a source, you usually need these two things in your citation
The author's last name and the year
(Smith, 2021)
On a reference page, sources are listen in this order
Alphabetical order by the author's last name
APA style is often used in this broad school subject area
The social sciences
also acceptable: psychology, sociology, education
These are set to 1 inch on all four sides of the paper
The lines after the title are as followed
Full name, School, Class, Teacher, Date
If you use the exact words from a source, you should include this extra detail in the citation
(Smith, 2021, p. 12)
In APA 7, when the second line of a reference page is pushed in, it is called this
Hanging indent
The number 7 in APA 7 refers to this
This should appear in the top right corner of every page in a student APA paper
Page number
When writing a teacher or professor's name you should always write their...
Title or status
If a source has two authors, APA 7 says to connect their name with this symbol
An ampersand - &
(Smith & Lee, 2021)
A basic book reference usually includes these four main things
The author, year, title, and publisher
APA style was created to help writers do this with sources and formatting
Stay organized and cite sources clearly
In APA 7, the first line of every paragraph should be moved over this much
0.5 inches
In APA 7, the title on the cover page is centered and also written in this style
Bold
If a source has three or more authors, APA 7 says to use the first author's last name followed by this phrase
et al.
(Smith et al., 2021)
This punctuation mark is used between the author's last name and first initial in an APA reference
A comma
Smith, J.
One big reason citation styles like APA exist is to prevent this
Plagiarism