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Apaguide

The document provides a basic checklist for formatting a paper in APA style. It lists requirements such as using a legible 12 point font like Times New Roman, double spacing, 1 inch margins, a running head on each page with the page number, and properly formatting the title page with the title of the paper, author's name, and institutional affiliation. It also describes formatting the abstract without indentation and summarizing the main points, and citing in-text quotes and references in APA style.

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Apaguide

The document provides a basic checklist for formatting a paper in APA style. It lists requirements such as using a legible 12 point font like Times New Roman, double spacing, 1 inch margins, a running head on each page with the page number, and properly formatting the title page with the title of the paper, author's name, and institutional affiliation. It also describes formatting the abstract without indentation and summarizing the main points, and citing in-text quotes and references in APA style.

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ABasicChecklistofAPAStyle

AlegiblefontlikeTimesNewRomanat12pt.
Doublespaced
1inchmarginsonallsides
1spaceafterperiods
Eachpagehasarunningheadwiththepagenumber
TitlePage:RunningHead:TitleofEssay1
SecondandEveryotherpage:TitleofEssay2
Pagenumbersinrunningheadareflushright
Titlepagehas:

title
ofthepaperforexample:BalzacandMetaphysicalSymbolism
the
author'sname
forexample:JohnSmith
the
institutionalaffiliation
:NorthernArizonaUniversity
Instructorsmayhavetheirownrequirementsfortitlepages
Theabstractshouldhavethewordabstractcenteredaboveit
notbeindented
summarizethemainpointsofthetext
Intextquotationsshouldbecitedinparenthesesafterthequoteintheauthor,yearof
publication,pagenumberformat:(Smith,1994,p.42)

WorksCitedGuide

Citationshavehangingindents
Citationsshouldbeinalphabeticalorderofthelastnameofthefirstlistedauthor
Authorsarelistedbylastname,theninitials
Citationforabookwithoneauthor:
Author,A.A.(Yearofpublication).
Titleofwork:Capitalletteralsoforsubtitle
.
Location:Publisher.

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