What's in a name?
APA is used predominately in which academic field?
The social sciences
This font is suggested for APA format
Times New Roman 12pt Font
A citation is placed after what type of information?
Outside information
Entries should be listed in this order
Alphabetical order
How would cite this book:
The Transmission of Affect, written by Teresa Brennan, published in 2004 by Cornell University Press.
Brennan, T. (2004). The transmission of affect. Cornell University Press.
This association gives APA its name
American Psychological Association
The first page of an APA paper should include
A title page
What two elements are always together in APA?
(Lastname, Year)
What is the bibliography titled in APA?
References
What is the error in this citation?
Elbow, Peter. (1973). Writing without Teachers. Oxford University Press.
This citation only needs the first letter of the first name. Corrected version:
Elbow, P. (1973). Writing without Teachers. Oxford University Press.
What do you call the symbol that goes in-between two authors?
Ampersand
&
What should be included at the top the second page?
The title of the essay (again)
If I quoted something from page 42 in an article written by Dr. Chris Anson in 2012, what should my in-text citation look like?
(Anson, 2012, p. 42)
What information do you include for an author's name?
Lastname, First Initial. Middle Initial.
Wallace, D. F.
How would you cite this popular news article?
Students hate them. Universities need them. The only real solution to the AI cheating crisis. Written by Clay Shirky for The New York Times in 2025.
Shirky, C. (2025). Students hate them. Universities need them. The only real solution to the AI cheating crisis. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/opinion/culture/ai-chatgpt-college-cheating-medieval.html
On the title page, what piece of information should come after your name?
Name of School or Institution
Why does APA format include a year in APA citations?
Clearly indicate recent/relevant publication dates
How would I write a signal phrase in APA?
According to Lastname (Year), _______.
Lastname (Year) finds that ______.
What should be italicized in a bibliographic citation?
Journal or book name
Talking Tar Heel: Voices of North Carolina by Walt Wolfram and Jeffery Reaser. Published in 2016 by the University of North Carolina Press.
Wolfram, W., & Reaser, J. (2016). Talking Tar Heel: Voices of North Carolina. University of North Carolina Press.
What does DOI stand for?
Digital Object Identifier
How should sub-headings be formatted?
Bolded and Centered
If I wanted to cite multiple sources in one citation, how would I do this?
Semi-colon
(Perez, 2019; Hines, 2025).
What is the maximum amount of names that you can include in a full bibliographic citation before abbreviating?
Include no more than twenty names: the first 19, a ..., and the last one.
How would you cite this journal article?
Rigid rules, inflexible plans, and the stifling of language: A cognitivist analysis of writer's block. Written by Mike Rose and published in the journal College Composition and Communication, volume 31 and issue 4. The article came out in 1980, and ranges from pages 389-401.
Rose, M. (1980). Rigid rules, inflexible plans, and the stifling of language: A cognitivist analysis of writer’s block. College Composition and Communication, 31(4), 389–401. https://doi.org/10.2307/356589