Title: Unit 1c: Writing Your Use APA Verb Style
1Unit 1c Writing Your Use APA Verb Style
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2Verb Tenses(action)
- Future tense for what you will do.
- Review of Literature
- PAST
- PRESENT PERFECT
- Discussion
- PRESENT TENSE
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3Pay Attention to to Grammar
Theres a lot to learn from the APA Publication
Manual
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4Dash
- Use the dash--two hyphens--to indicate only a
sudden interruption in the continuity of a
sentence. - Â YES These subjects--from the first and second
groups--were tested separately.
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5Use Commas
- Between elements (including before and and or) in
a series of three or more items. - Example Use the comma, period, and other
punctuation correctly.
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6Use a colon
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- Between a grammatically complete introductory
clauses and a final phrase or clause that
illustrates, extends, or amplifies the preceding
thought. - Do not use a colon after an introduction that is
not a complete sentence.  YES The change
contained three elements beliefs, behavior, and
skills.  YES The scholars have agreed on the
outcome Media-related violence accounts for ten
percent of violence. - Capitalize after the colon.
7Possessive Case
s's
- To indicate ownership, use apostrophe followed by
s. Â Create the possessive case of a singular
noun that does not end in the letter s by adding
an apostrophe and s. - YES player's
- YES Chris's research study design.
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8Final Details
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9Avoid Plagiarism
Cite correctly!
- Walker (2002) compared reaction times.  In
a recent study of reaction times (Walker, 2006),
  Wasserstein, Zappulla, Rosen, and Rock (2006)
found. . .  . . . findings were consistent"
(Wasserstein, Zappulla, Rosen, Rock, 2010, p.
278).  . . . throughout the current literature
(Adams Warley, 2006 Casanova, 2002 Ellerby,
2005). Â Â Omit the year from subsequent
citations after first citation within a
paragraph. Look up in your APA manual how to
cite and reference. - Include a Reference List at the end of your
proposal.
10Reference List
- Include every source cited in the reference list.
- Reference list needs to contain ONLY sources
cited. - Cite all sources whether paraphrased or quoted
directly. - Give page number or paragraph number of direct
quotations.
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11End Unit 1 Lecture