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Paraphrasing
Quotations
In-Text Citation
APA Formatting
Reference List
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What is a paraphrase?
Changing the words of the source text, but keeping the same idea.
100
What three elements should be in the citation for a quotation?
Author's last name, year, page number or paragraph number.
100
What elements must be in every in-text citation?
Last name of the author and year published
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What three extra pages/sections should be added to the pages containing your essay in your APA formatted final draft?
Title page, abstract, reference page(s)
100

How should the references be ordered in a reference list?

In alphabetical order of the author (whichever last name appears first in the citation)

200
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.
200

Is the following citation for a quotation correct? She stated, "Students often had difficulty using APA style" (Jones, 1998, p. 199).

Yes.

200
What should you put in a citation if the author is unknown?
Cite the source by its title. Titles of books and reports are italicized or underlined; titles of articles, chapters, and web pages are in quotation marks.
200
What three things go on a title page, and in what order?
Title, first and last name, institution
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What should the title of a reference page look like?

References, centered, not bold.

300

What is improper paraphrasing (faulty paraphrase)?

When the words/sentence structures in your essay are too similar to the original source text.

300

Is the following 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.

300
What should you put for an in-text citation if the year of publication is unknown?
(n.d.)
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When using section headings, how should the first level of headings be formatted?
Centered, bold, title case.
300

How should the author's name and the year always appear at the beginning of a REFERENCE (on the reference list)?

Last name, first initial. (Year).

400

Explain two different ways to cite the following paraphrase: Paraphrase: APA style is a difficult citation format for first-time learners. Author: Eric Jones Year of publication: 2006

According to Jones (2006), APA style is a difficult citation format for first-time learners. APA style is a difficult citation format for first-time learners (Jones, 2006).

400
Give two instances when you should use a quotation rather than a paraphrase.
when the exact author's wording is particularly striking; when the author is an authoritative source; when you take issue with what the author says
400

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 Authors' names appear in the text, you can use "and". If the names are in the parenthetical, they need to have the ampersand, &. )

400
What should appear at the top of each page? What is different on the first page? (Describe EVERY detail.)
Title in all caps (left justified), page number (right justified). On the first page only, put "Running head:" before the title.
400

What is wrong with this reference for a book? (Ignore what should be italicized!) Calfee, & Valencia. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Missing first initial of authors.

500

Paraphrase this sentence from the article we read about Twitter: "While Facebook is trying to compete and Snapchat offers a unique perspective on the theme, Twitter remains our best indicator of the wider pulse of the world and what's happening within it."

Any acceptable answer.

500
When should you use a block quotation?
For quotations of 40 words or longer.
500

When do you use "et al."?

For sources with 3-5 authors, for every subsequent citation after the first one. Always for sources with more than 5 authors. (basically, for 3 or more authors)

500

What does "APA" stand for?

American Psychological Association.

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What is wrong with the following reference for a journal article? (Ignore what should be italicized!) Harlow, H. F. (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.