Title Page
In-text citations
Reference List
Quotations
Numbers, Tables & Figures
100

This is the maximum amount of characters in a Header

50

100

These are the two key pieces of information included in an APA in-text citation.

Author and year

100

This is the title of a Reference List

References

100

This is when you reproduce words verbatim from another work

Direct quotation

100

This term is used for any type of illustration or visual that is not a table, including charts, graphs, photographs, and drawings.

Figure

200

This is the format of a Header

ALL CAPITAL LETTERS

200

This is what you use in an APA in-text citation when no publication date is available.

n.d.

200

This is the type of indentation of a reference list entries 

Hanging indent

200

These are the four elements you need when using a direct quotation in APA:

-author

-year

-page number

- quotation marks

200

This is the purpose of a table or figure 

Facilitate reader’s understanding of the work

-Summarize information

-Present results

-Share substantial information

300

This is the format and layout of a Title on a Title Page

Title Case, Bold, Centered

300

This type of APA in-text citation incorporates the authors’ names directly into the sentence.

Narrative citation

300

This is the meaning of the abbreviation DOI

Digital Object Identifier

300

This is the minimum number of words needed for a direct quotation to be formatted as a block quotation.

40

300

This is where a table or figure should be placed in text

After full paragraph where it is first called out

400

This is the location of Page Numbers

Top Right

400

This type of source refers to information or content that was originally reported in another source.

Secondary source

400

These are all the elements of a Book entry in a Reference List

-Author(s)

-Publication year

-Title of book

-Edition?

-Publisher

400

This abbreviation is used when a direct quotation comes from multiple pages.

pp.

400

Tables and figures should be referred to in the text using this, rather than their location, such as ‘the table above,’ ‘the figure below,’ or ‘the table on page 32.

The table or figure number

500

These are all the elements on a title page

-Running head

-Page number

-Title of the paper

-Student name (and student number)

-Affiliation

-Course number and name

-Instructor name

-Assignment due date

500

This Latin abbreviation is used in APA for works with multiple authors. What is the abbreviation, when is it used, and what does it mean?

et al.

Used for works with three or more authors

Meaning "and others"

500

There are all the elements of a Journal Article entry in a Reference List

-Author(s)

-Publication year

-Title of paper

-Academic journal

-Volume number

-Issue number

-Page numbers

-Doi = digital object identifier

500

These are the three formatting rules of a block quotation

-start on new line

-indent the entire block 0.5 inch

-no quotation marks

500

This is the format of tables and figures name and title

Table #, bold

Title italic, title case