The APA Game
Information from the
Purdue OWL APA Website
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Formatting
True or False
MLA vs. APA
Spot the Error
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For each entry on the References page, every line but
the first line of each entry is indented ½”.
What is
hanging indentation,
and when and where is it used?
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False. Longer works are italicized.
True or False:
Titles of longer works
(books, journals, newspapers,
movies) appear in quotes.
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MLA.
Which documentation style
is generally used for
writing in the
Humanities?
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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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RUNNING HEAD: Title of the Paper (flush left)
page # (flush right)
What appears in the header of an
APA title page?
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True.
True or False:
The References page is
alphabetized.
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APA.
Which citation style always
includes the year of publication,
both for
in-text citations and on the
References page?
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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)
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).
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Title of the Paper (flush left)
page # (flush right)
What appears in the header of every page
in APA
except the title page?
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False. Titles of shorter works do not use italics,
underlining, or quotation marks.
True or False:
Titles of shorter works (articles,
essays, webpages) appear in quotes
on the References page.
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What is a parenthetical citation?
This comes after cited material
and normally includes at least
a page number and on some
occasions the author’s last
name.
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The second author’s name should also be formatted with
the last name first, first initial:
Wilens, T.E., & Biederman, J. (2006).
Wilens, T. E., & Joshua Biederman. (2006). Alcohol, drugs, and attentiondeficit/hyperactivity disorder: A model for the study of addictions
in youth. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 20, 580-588.
doi:10.1177/0269881105058776
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Title page, abstract, body, references page.
What are the four sections
of an APA paper?
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True.
True or false:
In APA, all major words in the
title of a journal
are capitalized.
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Set the quotation in block format, i.e. double indented
with no quotation marks, and the parenthetical citation
after the closing punctuation.
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.
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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.
Williams, J. (2008). The victims of crime. Sociology Review, (17)4,
30-32. Retrieved from
http://www.philipallan.co.uk/sociologyreview/index.htm
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1-2 line title, centered and capitalized
Author’s name (first, middle initial, last)
Institutional affiliation of the author
Besides the header, what
three pieces of information
does the title page include
in APA?
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For direct quotations,
paraphrases, and summaries.
When exactly do you use
parenthetical citations
to ensure that you have
avoided plagiarism?
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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.
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, 11th edition
by Pearson Longman in 2011
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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.]
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/
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