The APA Game Information from the Purdue OWL APA Website

The APA GameInformation from the

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Formatting True or False MLA vs. APA Spot the Error

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What is hanging indentation,

and when and where is it used?

For each entry on the References page, every line but the first line of each entry is indented ½”.

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True or False: Titles of longer works

(books, journals, newspapers, movies) appear in quotes.

False. Longer works are italicized.

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Which documentation styleis generally used for

writing in theHumanities?

MLA.

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The page number in parentheses should include “p.” to look like this: (p. 199).

According to Beauregard (1998), "Students often had difficulty using

APA style, especially when they had generally been taught to use

MLA" (199).

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What appears in the header of an APA title page?

RUNNING HEAD: Title of the Paper (flush left) page # (flush right)

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True or False: The References page is

alphabetized.

True.

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Which citation style always includes the year of publication,

both for in-text citations and on the

References page?

APA.

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Jones’s (1998) study found the following: “Students often had difficulty using APA style,

especially when they had never used it before. Thisdifficulty could be attributed to various factors such

as students’ failure to purchase a style manual, consult the Writing Center, or ask their teacher for help”

(p. 199).

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A block quote (more than 40 words) uses no quotations and punctuation comes before the parenthetical citation:Jones’ study found the following:

Students often had difficulty using APA style . . . or ask their teacher for help. (p. 199)

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What appears in the header of every page in APA

except the title page?

Title of the Paper (flush left) page # (flush right)

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True or False: Titles of shorter works (articles,

essays, webpages) appear in quotes on the References page.

False. Titles of shorter works do not use italics, underlining, or quotation marks.

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This comes after cited materialand normally includes at leasta page number and on someoccasions the author’s last

name.

What is a parenthetical citation?

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Wilens, T. E., & Joshua Biederman. (2006). Alcohol, drugs, and attention-

deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A model for the study of addictions

in youth. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 20, 580-588.

doi:10.1177/0269881105058776

The second author’s name should also be formatted with the last name first, first initial:

Wilens, T.E., & Biederman, J. (2006).

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What are the four sectionsof an APA paper?

Title page, abstract, body, references page.

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True or false: In APA, all major words in the

title of a journal are capitalized.

True.

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MLA documentation does thiswhen quoting more than 4 linesof prose or 3 lines of poetry, and

APA does this when quoting40 or more words.

Set the quotation in block format, i.e. double indented with no quotation marks, and the parenthetical citation

after the closing punctuation.

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Williams, J. (2008). The victims of crime. Sociology Review, (17)4,

30-32. Retrieved from

http://www.philipallan.co.uk/sociologyreview/index.htm

This journal article includes both a volume number and an issue number. The two numbers appear in italics along with the journal title, but the issue, never the

volume number, appears in parenthesis.

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Besides the header, what three pieces of information does the title page include

in APA?

1-2 line title, centered and capitalized

Author’s name (first, middle initial, last)

Institutional affiliation of the author

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When exactly do you use parenthetical citationsto ensure that you haveavoided plagiarism?

For direct quotations,paraphrases, and summaries.

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BONUS QUESTION: Using the information below, create the

References entry:Title: “Stop the Energy Insanity” pg. 322-25

Author: Mortimer B. ZuckermanEditors: Laurence Behrens and Leonard J. Rosen

Title: Writing and Reading Across the CurriculumPublished in New York City, 11th edition

by Pearson Longman in 2011

Zuckerman, M. B. (2011). Stop the energy insanity. In L. Behrens

and L.J. Rosen (Eds.), Writing and Reading Across the

Curriculum (pp. 322-325). New York: Pearson Longman.

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Bower, B. (2008, Feb. 9). “Dawn of the city: Excavations

prompt a revolution in thinking about the earliest

cities.” Science News, 173(6), 90-92. Retrieved

from http://www.sciencenewspagazine.org/

The title of the article does not appear in quotes:

Bower, B. (2008, February 9). Dawn of the city: Excavations

prompt a revolution in thinking about the earliest

cities. Science News, [etc.]

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