Midterm Flashcards
(31 cards)
Is APA the most commonly used format for manuscripts in social sciences?
yes
language in an APA paper should be________
- clear
- concise
- plain
a literature review includes______
- a title page
- introduction
- list of references
an experimental report includes________
- title page
- abstract
- introduction
- methods, results, and discussion sections
- references
- appendices
- tables
- figures
you essay should be _________
-typed
-double-spaced
-have 1” margins
-use 10-12pt.
-times new roman
-be printed on 8.5x11
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what should every page of your essay include?
page header
- title in all caps in the upper left
- page number in upper right
what are the 4 major sections of an APA paper?
- title page
- abstract
- main body
- references
whats included in your title page?
- header
- title
- name
- school
how long should an abstract be?
150-250 words
what page number is your first text page?
3
in the references what should be capitalized in the title?
just the first letter of the first word of a title, subtitle, the first word after a colon or dash, and proper nouns
what is italicized in the references?
titles of longer works such as books and journals
what do you do when you have a journal articles or essays?
nothing
what is located in the parenthesis when you are quoting an in text citation?
the authors name (last name) and the date of publication (year)
when do you put the author before the phrase and when do you put it after?
before-quoting
after-paraphrase
use “and” when ______
its in the sentence
use “&” when ______
its in the intext citation
when do you place “et al.” at the end of a citation?
when there are 6 or more authors
what do you cite when there is an unknown author?
use the full title in sentence and first word of title and year in the intext citation
when you have an unknown author what titles do you quote and what do you italicize?
articles and chapters-“”
Books and reports-italicize
what is the 1st APA heading format?
centered, boldfaced, upper and lowercase headings
what is the 2nd APA heading format?
left-aligned, boldface, upper and lowercase headings
what is the 3rd APA heading format?
indented, boldface, lowercase, heading with a period
what is the 4th APA heading format?
indented, boldface, italicized, lowercase heading with a period