APA Assignment for English 1302
Byers, Sean
English 1302
Feb 28, 2011
Edith Delgado
APA Assignment for English 1302
Book
Direct Quote- In the book, "Keeping the Republic", the author states that; "Over two thousand
years ago, the greek philosopher Aristotle said that we are political animals, and political animals
we seem destined to remain." (Barbour & Wright, 2009).
Paraphrase- The greek philosopher Aristotle said that we are political animals. (Barbour &
Wright, 2009).
ReferenceBarbour, Christine. (2009). Keeping the republic: power and citizenship in american politics.
Washington, D.C.: Cq press.
Database
Direct Quote- "The Bush administration enacted a $1.4 trillion tax cut package in 2001 and
followed with additional tax relief initiatives in 2002 and 2003." (Issit & English, 2009).
Paraphrase- In 2001, The Bush administration enacted a 1.4 trillion dollar tax cut package (Issit
& English, 2009).
ReferenceIssitt, M., English, M. (2009). Tax Reform: An Overview. Points of View Reference Center.
P1-1. (2009).
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pwh&AN=23463833&site=pov-live.
APA Assignment for English 1302
Newspaper
Direct quote- The Island Waves newspaper said that; "Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
registrar Michael Rendon was elected to serve a one-year term as president of the Texas
Hispanic-serving Institution Consortium". (Amaya, 2011).
Paraphrase- Michael Rendon was elected to serve a one-year term as president (Amaya, 2011).
ReferenceAmaya, Andrea. 2011, February 24. Rendon leads hispanic-serving consortuim. Island waves,
12.
Webpage
Direct Quote- On this CNN news article, it is stated that; "In his speech, Boehner clearly sought
to put the onus on Democrats if the budget impasse does result in government shutdown." (CNN
Wire Staff, 2011).
Paraphrase- Boehner clearly put pressure on Democrates to attend to the budget crisis (CNN
Wire Staff, 2011).
ReferenceCnn wire staff. (2011, February 27). Gop keeps up pressure on democrats to accept spending
cuts. Retrieved from Http://www. Cnn. Com/2011/politics/02/27/us. Spending. Cuts/index. Html.
Magazine
APA Assignment for English 1302
Direct Quote- this acticle states that; "Around a hundred years ago, most of the fishing in Texas
was on privately-owned land, along public rivers and streams and on a few lakes built to supply
water for small towns and larger growing municipalities such as Lake Worth near Fort Worth."
(Hood, 2010).
Paraphrase- Most fishing in Texas was on privately-owned land around a hundred years ago
(Hood, 2010).
ReferenceHood, Bob. (2010, December). Public Fishing. Texas Fish & Game, Vol. 26 No. 8, 40-43.