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Instructor AvailabilityE-mail:ebranch@kaplan.edu
AIM address: EleBranchOffice Hours:
Mondays and Thursdays 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
And by appointment
APA formatting rules
10 or 12 point type Conservative font like Times New
Roman Double spaced
1-inch margins on all sides Headers and Page Numbers on every
page Title and Reference Pages
In-text citations
APA text rules
DO NOT use contractions.
DO NOT use cliches.
DO NOT use slang or other forms of colloquial
language.
DO NOT use biased or loaded language.
DO NOT use exaggeration, humor, or
sarcasm.
DO NOT use 1st person (I, we, me mine, my,
our, ours) or second person (you, yours,
your).
Basic Citation Formats
Reference citation Okuda, M., & Okuda, D. (1993). Star trek
chronology: The history of the future. New York:
Pocket Books.
In-text citation (Okuda & Okuda, 1993, p. X)
Remember the 80/20 rule.
Use signal phrases to introduce quotes.
Use the sandwich approach to explain quotes.
Quotes 40 word or longer should be blocked, i.e.,
indented one-half inch from the left.
To condense a quoted passage, use the ellipses (.
. .) to indicate that you have omitted words
margin.
Brackets [ ] allow you to explain a confusing
reference or keep a sentence grammatically
correct by inserting your own words.
Using quotes
What does an introduction do?1. Hooks the audience
2. Establishes the significance of the subject
3. States the thesis
More strategies...
4. State a surprising statistic, or fact
5. Outline the argument your thesis refutes
Americans are a clean people. They bathe or shower regularly
and spend billions of dollars each year on soaps and deodorants to wash away or disguise dirt and
odor. Yet cleanliness is a relatively recent habit. From the
time of the Puritans until the turn of the twentieth century, bathing in the United States was rare and
sometimes even illegal.
Openings to avoid... Do not start with “According to
Webster's...” or a similar phrase leading to a dictionary definition.
Do not start with the line, “The purpose of this essay is...” or ”In this essay, I will...”
Do not reach back too far with vague generalizations or truths such as “Throughout human history...” or “In today's world...”
What does a conclusion do?
1. Restates the thesis
2. Summarizes the argument
3. Leaves the reader with something to think about
More strategies...
Strike a note of hope or despair
Put your ideas in a wider perspective
Raise further questions
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