APA citations
In addition to author and year, this element is required in an in-text citation for a direct quote.
What is a locator (page or paragraph number)?
This vertical spacing is required for all parts of an APA-style essay.
What is double spacing?
A comma is used before this type of word in a compound sentence.
What is a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or, so, yet)?
This first part of the introduction gets the reader's attention.
What is hook?
This genre typically involves an introduction that ends with a thesis statement, a few paragraphs of body that may include citations or evidence, and a conclusion to wrap it up.
What is an academic essay?
The abbreviation for an article with no known publication date
What is n.d.?
The first line of each paragraph should be formatted this way in APA.
What is indented .5"?
This comma rule applies to sentences like these: In conclusion, xyz. Finally, xyz. For instance, xyz.
What is an introductory element?
This sentence is the last sentence of the introduction. It typically is a single sentence that outlines the key ideas of the paper.
What is a thesis statement?
This genre follows few grammar or punctuation rules. Sometimes it rhymes. Instead of paragraphs, it has lines. Sometimes the lines have a pattern to the number of syllables.
Poetry
This goes in the author's place for citations and references when there is no author or group author.
What is title of the article?
This horizontal spacing formatting technique is used for reference entries.
What is a hanging indent?
This kind of comma is required when a series has three or more items, like: I like bananas, oranges, and apples.
What is an Oxford or serial comma?
This standard part of an essay is typically included three or more times depending on the complexity or development requirements.
What is a body paragraph?
These are the people with expectations of a given genre, so we try to follow the standards of a given genre.
Who is the audience?
This Latin term means "and others" and is used in citations only when there are more than two authors.
What is et al.?
This element on page 1 is repeated only on page 2
What is the title?
A dependent clause can start or end a sentence. It requires a comma on one but not the other. (A dependent clause starts with a word like "while," "during," or "because" and has a subject and predicate but not the main subject or predicate.)
What is when the dependent clause starts a sentence?
This is the section of an essay that most often contains the evidence and citations.
What is the body?
This term describes the specific rules or expectations that guide writing within a genre, such as tone, structure, and audience.
What are genre conventions or norms?
What is the only citation instance where the citation goes after the punctuation?
What are block quotes?
Level 1 headings for main topics including the Conclusion have this formatting (three different things)
What are centered, bold, and Title Case?
Commas should be placed here when there is a city and state or state and country in the middle of a sentence.
Where is before and after the state or country? (example: Detroit, Michigan, has several big hospitals.)
This part of an essay is often one paragraph, wraps up the key ideas, and sometimes contains a reflection or future-looking statement.
What is the conclusion?
This genre often includes plot, characters, and setting to tell a story.
What is fiction or narrative?