APA Writing Guide

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Students adhering to the APA Writing Guide will
find a great deal more style suggestions than
those having to do with references. Students are
merely the most familiar with all the referencing
instructions. Regardless, there are plenty of
other instructions that will keep authors on
their toes.
Writing an Abstract According to the current APA
Writing Guide, the abstract is designed to sum up
a paper in around 120 words. More concise
writing is something preferred. Thesis
statements, important information and main ideas
should all be included in this section. If there
were any peculiar abbreviations or unique terms
involved in a paper then they should be defined
in the abstract.
Naturally the abstract has to be written in the
same voice that the author uses for the rest of
the paper. The actual word "Abstract" is
generally centered without any underlining
before the page. While it might seem unusual not
to attach a proper title, this is the preferred
method.
Large Quotations Any quote that's longer than
four words has to be set apart in a block. These
quotes are usually double-spaced and then
indented a half-inch from the left margin.
However, a block quote is not set apart by
quotation marks. The unique typesetting and the
fact that it rests on its own is enough to
indicate that the material is cited. Final
punctuation is placed before the citation, as in
the following example
Lawrence J. Henderson (1914) wrote on the topic
of spectrum analysis, stating
A new period in the history of astronomy followed
upon the discovery of spectrum analysis by Bunsen
and Kirchhoff. At the outset the chemical
composition of the sun revealed itself. Later
that of the stars became known still later it
became possible to classify the stars on the
basis of their spectra. (p. 13)
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