APA Formatting and Documentation

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APA Formatting and Documentation

• No Cash or Checks Accepted!
• Only CREDIT
• Plagiarizers will be prosecuted for stolen
  information!

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APA Title Page

• On the first line of the title page flush-left of
  your brochure, add a running head.
• Begin the running head with the words Running
  Head followed by a colon.
• Then give an abbreviated title of your brochure
  in 50 characters or less in all caps.
• In the upper half of the title page to your
  brochure, type your full title, your byline
  (name) and affiliation (school/affiliation)
  centered on separate lines.

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• Abbreviated Title 1
• Running Head Abbreviated Title
• Title
• Caroline McFadden and Eloisae Patterson
• Evans High School
• December 11, 2008

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Hungry for Information?
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Large Appetite
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Long Quotations

• Citing more than a sentence, or at least 40 words
  is called a block quote. NO QUOTATION MARKS USED
• Example
• Adventure seekers are sure to enjoy exploring
  the sight of the wrecked steamboat complete with
  robbers and murders
• I was just a-biling with curiousity and I says
  to myself, Tom Sawyer wouldnt back out now, and
  so I wont either Im agoing to see whats
  going on here. So I dropped on my hands and
  knees, in the little passage, and crept aft in
  the dark , til there warnt but about one
  stateroom betwist me and the cross-hall of the
  texas. Then, in there I see a man stretched on
  the floor and tied hand and foot, and two men
  standing over him, and one of them had a dim
  lantern in his hand, and the other one had a
  pistol. (Twain, 1994, p. 51)

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Lighter Appetite
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Short Quotations

• Citing at least a sentence (up to 3 lines) USE
  QUOTATION MARKS
• Formula Example Surround the material from your
  notes with quotation marks (authors last name,
  year of publication, page number).
• Example I was just a-biling with curiousity
  and I says to myself, Tom Sawyer wouldnt back
  out now, and so I wont either Im going to see
  whats going on here (Twain, 1994, p.51).

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Picky Eater
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Exception to the In-Text Documentation Rule

• When you credit your author in your sentence, you
  DONT have to include his/her name inside your
  parenthetical documentation.
• Example
• According to Twain, Huck is not convinced he
  faked his death because he says, I did wish Tom
  Sawyer was there, I knowed he would take and
  interest in this kind of business, and throw in
  the fancy touches (1994, p.25). While visiting
  the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, be sure to
  stop by Paps cabin to see the blood stained
  walls and the axe with Hucks hair in the same
  condition as when Huck left it.

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I only documented inside my brochure and now I
have a tummy ache because I didnt create a
References Page box.
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References Box (Receipt)

• This is a separate box on the back of your
  brochure!
• The box is titled References.
• The references box includes
  works cited entries, which are
  formatted to
  detail/ include
  important source information.
• Entries should be organized in
  alphabetical order starting with
  the first
  letter of the entry.
• Entries are double spaced, and a hanging indent
  is used to distinguish between multiple entries.

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So Remember..

• Each source you cite in the brochure must appear
  in your references box, and each work you include
  in your references box must appear in your
  brochure.

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Books

• Formula
• Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of
  work. Location Publisher.
• Example
• Twain, Mark (1994). The Adventures of
  Huckleberry Finn. New York    Charles L
  Webster and Company.

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• Do Not Pass Go
• Do Not Collect 200
• Do Not Think About Turning In Your Brochure
  Without Documentation!