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APA basics
Indirect quote
Direct quote
References
Reference page
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What is the APA font size?
12 point font
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Is this indirect quote written correctly? Crouch believes her students are going to do really well with APA. (2016)
No. The year should be after the author's name.
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How many direct quotes can we use in our outline?
one!
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Do we write the author's first name or last name FIRST in a reference?
Last name first, followed by author initials. Berndt, T. J. (2002). Friendship quality and social development. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 11, 7-10.
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Is your works cited page titled, “references” or “bibliography?
References
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What size are the margins?
1 inch
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Is this correct/wrong? If wrong, why? Crouch argues that her Comm 103 students are the best students in all of the Communication department. (p. 45)
It is incorrectly written. The page number is unnecessary and the year is not cited after the authors name.
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Is this correctly written? If not, what's wrong with it? In contrast, Crouch (2016) argues, "Students that bring in their rough draft prior to submitting a final draft tend to receive higher grades (P. 27)."
The quotation mark should be after the quote ends, not after the page number... and the P should be lowercase.
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Why should you have references in your research paper?
1. So that you can reference where you got your information in case the reader wants to do further research 2. So that you can support your argument 3. So that you can add to the discourse of the subject 4. To avoid plagarism
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Does it matter how I list my references?
They must be in an alphabetized order by the authors last name
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What is style of font do we use for APA?
Times New Roman
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Is this written correctly? If not, whats wrong with it? "Crouch (2006) explains that she loves the informative speeches is because she learns about so many cultures."
This is incorrect. You do not need quotes around a paraphrase.
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Is this correctly written? If not, what's wrong with it? Crouch (2016) stated, "Students often brought in interesting objects for their informative speech props" (p. 56).
This is correct!
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What if I have two or more works by the same author?
Use the author's name for all entries and list the entries by the year (earliest comes first). Berndt, T. J. (1981). Berndt, T. J. (1999).
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How many references do I need total for my informative speech and how many of those must be academic journals?
You need 8 total. 4 must be academic journals
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What describes the line spacing for APA format?
Double spaced
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Why did Ms. Crouch say that she wanted the class to use mainly indirect quotes?
Because she would like to see that we can research, understand, and reiterate in our writing what we have read in a scholarly manner.
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Is this written correctly? If not, whats wrong with it? "She argues in her article that parent-child communication is worthy of study" (2016).
No. You should not use quotes unless you are pulling exact text from an article. If you were, you must put the authors last name, year the article was published, and the page number in parenthesis at the end.
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What if I have more than 7 authors?
List by last names and initials; commas separate author names. After the sixth author's name, use an ellipses in place of the author names.
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Can you condense the journal title in order to make your reference shorter?
NO! Do not change the title. You must cite it exactly the way it was published.
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What was the example Ms. Crouch gave on Monday when speaking about academic language? She said not to use _________ because it is not considered formal writing.
Contractions
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Is this correctly written? If not, what is wrong with it? Sarah (2016) says that I will do really well on my informative speech outline if I cite my references correctly.
You must use the authors last name, not their first name.
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What is the name of the website that I have told you to refer to if you have ANY APA questions? I referred to it as your APA GOD...
Purdue OWL
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Is this cited correctly? If not, what's wrong with it? Berndt, T. J. (2002). FRIENDSHIP QUALITY AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 11, 7-10.
Incorrect. The journal title should not be ALL uppercase
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Is it necessary to capitalize all words in journal titles?
No, only the "MAJOR" words.