The APA Game Information from the Purdue OWL

The APA Game Information from the Purdue OWL APA Website 7

Formatting True or False MLA vs. APA Spot the Error 100 100 200 200 300 300 400 400 500 500 8

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? Row 1, Col 1 9

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

MLA. Which documentation style is generally used for writing in the Humanities? 1, 113

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). 1, 124

RUNNING HEAD: Title of the Paper (flush left) page # (flush right) What appears in the header of an APA title page? 2, 131

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

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

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). 2, 164

Title of the Paper (flush left) page # (flush right) What appears in the header of every page in APA except the title page? 3, 171

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. 3, 18 2

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. 3, 193

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 3, 4 20

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

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

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. 4, 23 3

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 4, 424

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? 5, 251

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

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, 11 th edition by Pearson Longman in 2011 5, 273

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/ 5, 4 28