APA Formatting

Question 1

What are the common requirements for all the academic writing styles?

Answer 1

1. All parts of the paper, including the page number, should be in Times New Roman, 12.
2. The top, bottom and sides of the page should set at 1 inch.
3. Paragraph spacing must be 0.00; indentation of each paragraph’s first line should be 0.50 inches; the body of the paper must be left-aligned.
4. An essay should be typed in 12-point font size with double spacing (2.0)
5. All necessary details such as your name, course, and others should be included on the title/front page.

Question 2

How far should the page title be from the header?

Answer 2

it should be 3 spaces down

Question 3

How far should the author’s details be from the title?

Answer 3

1/2 spaces down

Question 4

How should the author’s details be aligned?

Answer 4

Author/Student’s name
Institution Affiliation
Course
Instructor name
Due date

Question 5

How should the title look like?

Answer 5

The title should be:
1. Centered
2. Bold
3. Written in title case
4. It should upper case and lower case letters in between
5. It should be 3/4 lines below the top of the margin

Question 6

Rules to follow when writing an abstract/introduction

Answer 6

1. Abstract title should be centered and bolded at the top of the page
2. The main paragraph of the abstract should not be indented.
3. Abstract do not need citations unless requested.

Question 7

How to write subject titles

Answer 7

Level 1: Centered, Boldface, Title case heading.
Level 2: Flush left, Boldface, Title Case
Level 3: indented 0.5” from the left margin, bolded, lower case.

Question 8

Problems to avoid with headings.

Answer 8

1. Avoid stacked headings: Intervening text needed
2. Avoid putting headings at the wrong levels
3. Avoid pronouns referring to headings, restate the heading in the topic sentence.

Question 9

How to write in-text cites in APA

Answer 9

1.All information from sources should be cited in the text.
2.Before, the period of a sentence, in two brackets, write the citation as, (the Author’s surname, the year).
3.If the authors in a citation are more than 3, Write the name of the (first author et al., Year)

Question 10

How to format the titles of sources within the text.

Answer 10

1. Titles of sources mentioned in the text should be in the title case
2. Italicize the titles of longer works such as books, edited collection, movies, television series, documentaries, or albums.
3. Put quotation marks around the titles of shorter works such as journal articles, articles from edited collections, television series episodes, and song titles.
4. Arrange them alphabetically
5. 0.5” hanging is required.