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A _______ and _____ is located 1/2 inch from the top of the page on the upper, right-hand corner.
Running head, page number
A running head and page number is located on every page. T or F?
True
A few key words of the title- enough words of the title to know what topic the paper addresses.
Running Head
The running head must be ___ words or less.
50 words
The running head appears in ____ case letters
Both lower and upper case
The cover page is numbered as page ___.
one
The cover page number should be placed ___ spaces to the ___ of the running head.
5, right
The running head identifier should be placed ___ from the ___ of the page.
1 inch, top
The running head identifier should appear ___ against the ____ margin.
flush, left
In the running head identifier, which words are in upper and lower case?
"Running head"
The _____ of the running head that is upper case is?
identifier
The identifier is ___ from the running head above it.
separate
The identifier and running head are phrased exactly the ____.
same
The following should be centered and double spaced on the cover page?
Title of paper, Student's name, and name of college.
The title of the paper can be ___ lines long.
1 to 2
For the title page follow _____ and if it's long use a ___ format.
regular capitalization, V
A student's name goes where?
Double spaced below the title.
Name of college goes where?
Double spaced below student's name.
The abstract is page ___ of your paper.
2
The word, ____, should be centered on the first line.
Abstract
The word abstract should be how many inches from the top of page.
one
A simple brief summary of the content of your paper.
Abstract.
What should your abstract include?
Introduction of topic, clear thesis.
Your thesis should...
Draw reference to each of the major points or issues you wish to discuss.
In your abstract, you should also briefly report....
the major finding of the published sources you are using for references.
For the abstract, the first line...
is not identified. it is flush against the left margin.
The abstract should be no more than ____ words.
120.
The paper must be typed, _____, with ___ inch margins on all four sides.
Double spaced, 1
The paper must use what font?
Courier new font, 12 pt
What type of language should the paper use?
Simple, commonly used, straightforward language.
APA paper should be written in ___ person.
3rd.
What type of words should not be used in APA paper.
I, me, mine, we, our, us, your, you
You should avoid ___ language. The best policy is to use plural nouns or subjects.
gendered (he/she)
Should you state your opinion or summaries?
No.
Your paper should _____ publish studies not ____ them.
report, evaluate
APA papers just report ____, they are not tools of creative writing.
facts
You should always paraphrase what you report, or otherwise...
use your own words.
If absolutely necessary to quote the author, you must
include the author's words in quotations marks and cite your source.
Using words or ideas of another without citing the original source is called
Plagiarism
This is a serious issue at the college level. You can be put on academic probation and receive a failing grade.
Plagiarism
In APA you must follow proper English rules. T OR F?
T
In APA, all punctuation is followed by only ___ space.
One
You may not end a line of text with a ____.
hyphen
When an author uses another author's information or idea...
credit must be given whether or not author's words are used as direct quotes or not.
These are designed to give the reader a basic information about the source refers the reader to the proper source in a _____.
In text citations, reference page.
When are in text citations used?
Whenever a writer has used information from another source regardless of using direct quote or paraphrase.
If it is not common knowledge...
the information needs to be cited.
APA uses what is called parenthetical citations because
the intext citations are put inside parenthesis
Two ways to site authors are....
AT BEGINNING- Smith and Jones (2009) OR - AT END (Smith & Jones, 2009)
Long quotes are indented ___ spaces, and the line following the last indented line should apear flush against the ____ margin.
5, left
The end punctuation is placed outside the citation for ___ quotes, and for ___ quotes, the end punctuation is placed before the citation.
short, long
Why is the information put in parentheses at the end of the sentence?
To be out of the way and so the reader knows where the info is should be needed.
The information in the parentheses is the information that the reader must have to find the source on the ____.
reference pages.
The sources on reference page are listed ___
alphabetical
If the information in the parentheses has already been given in the written part of the sentence then..
it does not need to be repeated in the parentheses.
Because APA requires that the citation be as close to the original information as possible, the citation appears directly...
following the name.
If information is a direct quote, the ____ must follow the quotation in parentheses.
page number
If the same source is being cited consecutively within one paragraph no additionally citations are needed if...
the following information is obviously referring to the previously cited information.
Found at the end of a paper in an alphabetic list of sources
Reference Page
The reference should page should be on a ____ page that directly follows ____.
Separate, the paper
Is the reference page numbered?
Yes
For the reference page, you must ____ the first line (___ inches from the top) and type the word, ______.
center, 1, References
The word References is not in caps, parentheses, bold, underlined, or in a different font. T OR F?
T
Every source you cite in text must be on ______, and every source on reference page must be cited in the ______.
Reference page, in text
The list of references must be in alphabetic order according to the ____.
first author's last name.
The first line of each reference should be flush against the ____ margin and then the next lines should be indented ___ spaces. These are called ______.
left, 5, hanging indents
When listing the author's name you can only list first and _____, not the the author's first and middle name.
first and middle initials.
When listing the title of work, the only words capitalized are the ___.
first word of the title, the first word after a colon.
All lines are ____ on the reference page.
double spaced
APA puts the date in parenthese immediately after the ____.
author's name.
When citing the date for the reference, ...
the year is listed first, follow it with a comma, then list the month and day. (2002, October 29).
In APA you must never abbreviate the name of the
month
After the date, the article's title appears but it has no
underlining or quotations marks
The journal's name appears after the title, and it is ____ and the _____ rules are followed.
Underlined, capitalization
In APA, the volume number follows the journal name. It is only listed as a ___ and is _____. There is no ____.
number, underlined, prefix
After the volume number, the ___ number is listed in _____.
Issue, parentheses.
The _____ of the article fall on the last thing listed and there is no ____.
page number, prefix.
The page numbers are for the ____ article. Not just the pages you used.
Entire
If an article skips pages..
all the page numbers must stil be listed, with commas separating the pages.
There are two types of electronic sources that exists:
portable and on-line.
It is usually necessary to ____ the information to be able to fully access the information.
print/download
Material original to the internet doesn't cite the original _______ _____.
publication information.
An author must be identified with the ____, or it is impossible to verify.
information
Information from the _____ is only as valid as its sources.
Internet
The date is usually the date the file was saved and does not always have any connection to the date of ___
actual publication or composition.
Underlining becomes a problem when used for online publications because..
underlining on WWW usually indicaties that the underlined word or phrase is an active hypertext link.
Titles of online works are not ______.
Underlined.
A hypertext link is listed after the _____ of the information and it is ______.
title, underlined
___ is not used to distinguish a source's retrieval information, path, or address from the rest of the sources's listing.
Punctuation
Angle brackets (<>) are used to
separate the address from the other information.
APA also requires that when using a direct quote a research writer cite
the author, year, and page number of the source in parentheses
Internet sources are rarely marked with the original page number so the writer isn't able to show
where the original material had come.
Paragraph numbers are used in place of ....
page number when citing a direct quote from an electronic text