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Has your instructor asked you to write an essay or paper in APA Format? Then you need to learn how to write an essay in APA Format so that you can organize your work. If you have never used this format before, you may find it a bit daunting. In this powerpoint presentation, we will be discussing APA in detail. – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: How to write an essay in APA Format?


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How to write an essay in APA Format?
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What is APA format?
  • APA stands for American Psychological
    Association. APA format is the official writing
    format of this association. This format is used
    to write papers in Psychology, education and
    social sciences. In psychology and other social
    sciences, it is important to write in APA format.
    It is because writing in a particular format
    allows readers to know what they look for. Also,
    the psychology writers can easily communicate
    their ideas and experiments in this format.

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Four Major sections of the essay in APA format.
  • Title Page- Title page is the first page of your
    essay. It must contain a running head, title,
    author name, and school affiliation. The main aim
    of writing this page is to let readers know the
    topic and author of the paper.
  • Abstract- Abstract is a brief summary of your
    paper. This page is placed just after the title
    page. According to APA, the abstract should be no
    more than 150 to 200 words.
  • Main Body- The main body includes the main
    content of your writing. If you are writing an
    essay, the main body should include the essay
    itself but in APA essay format. If you are
    writing any paper then it can include further
    subsections.
  • References- This section includes all the sources
    from where you have gathered the information.

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Things to remember about APA Essay Format
  • Margins- There must be a uniform margin on all
    the four sides of the page. The margin should be
    of at least one inch.
  • Double Spacing It means there must be two spaces
    after each sentence.
  • Running Head According to the APA essay format,
    every page of your essay must contain a running
    head on the top left. Running head is the
    shortened form of the title. It should be no more
    than 50 characters.

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Things to remember about APA Essay Format (cont.)
  • Pagination Page numbers should begin with the
    Title page. Every page of your essay must contain
    page number on the top right corner.
  • Title Your title should not exceed 12 words. The
    title must clearly tell what paper is all about.
  • Font According to APA format, font style must be
    Times New Roman and font size must be 12.
  • Paragraph Indent The first word of each
    paragraph must be indented one-half inch. Avoid
    paragraphs of one sentence.
  • Reference List This list must contain each
    source from where information is collected.

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Things to remember about APA Essay Format (cont.)
  • Numbers The numbers less than 10 must be written
    in words(one to nine). Numbers more than 9 must
    be written in Arabic(10-100000 and so on).
  • Citation Citation must be done in a proper
    format. For this, you must use author name
    followed by the date of publication.
  • Format (author,publication date).
  • Hyphen use APA essay format recommends writers
    to use fewer hyphens. So, do not over-hyphenate
    your content.
  • Italics All the titles should be in italics.
    Especially the titles of books, newspapers,
    magazines, brochures, periodicals, journals etc.
  • Language Do not use biased or pejorative
    language. For example do not use the word
    disabled child, in its place use child with
    disability.

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Things to remember about APA Essay Format (cont.)
  • Abbreviations APA recognizes any seven acronyms
    that do not need definition. These are HIV, AIDS,
    ESP, REM, ACTH, NADP, and IQ. If you want to use
    other abbreviations also then define them once
    before using. For example- ___Stock Keeping Unit
    (SSU)___.
  • Quotes Try to avoid the use of quotes. If
    necessary, use the quotes of less then 40 words
    and explain that in your words too. Quotes of 40
    words or more are considered as blocked quotes.

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Tips to make your writing in APA format easy
  • Choose a good topic to write.
  • List all the sources that you cite.
  • Editing and proofreading
  • Make your final draft.

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Resources which provide APA format help
  • Homework Help Websites like CallTutors
  • Online tools
  • Purchase official APA manual
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