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2 The APA Game Information from the Purdue OWL APA Website 7

3 100 200 400 300 400 FormattingTrue or FalseMLA vs. APASpot the Error 300 200 400 200 100 500 100 8

4 Row 1, Col 1 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”. 9

5 1, 2 True or False: Titles of longer works (books, journals, newspapers, movies) appear in quotes. False. Longer works are italicized. 10

6 1, 3 Which documentation style is generally used for writing in the Humanities? MLA. 11

7 1, 4 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). 12

8 2, 1 What appears in the header of an APA title page? RUNNING HEAD: Title of the Paper (flush left) page # (flush right) 13

9 2, 2 True or False: The References page is alphabetized. True. 14

10 2, 3 Which citation style always includes the year of publication, both for in-text citations and on the References page? APA. 15

11 2, 4 Jones’s (1998) study found the following: “Students often had difficulty using APA style, especially when they had never used it before. This difficulty 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). 16 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)

12 3, 1 What appears in the header of every page in APA except the title page? Title of the Paper (flush left) page # (flush right) 17

13 3, 2 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. 18

14 3, 3 This comes after cited material and normally includes at least a page number and on some occasions the author’s last name. What is a parenthetical citation? 19

15 3, 4 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). 20

16 4, 1 What are the four sections of an APA paper? Title page, abstract, body, references page. 21

17 4, 2 True or false: In APA, all major words in the title of a journal are capitalized. True. 22

18 4, 3 MLA documentation does this when quoting more than 4 lines of prose or 3 lines of poetry, and APA does this when quoting 40 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. 23

19 4, 4 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. 24

20 5, 1 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 25

21 5, 2 When exactly do you use parenthetical citations to ensure that you have avoided plagiarism? For direct quotations, paraphrases, and summaries. 26

22 5, 3 BONUS QUESTION: Using the information below, create the References entry: Title: “Stop the Energy Insanity” pg. 322-25 Author: Mortimer B. Zuckerman Editors: Laurence Behrens and Leonard J. Rosen Title: Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum Published in New York City, 11 th 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. 27

23 5, 4 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/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.] 28


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