APA Writing Style Essay

It is important to learn and utilize proper APA formatting as a student of Bethel because plagiarism is a very serious offense. At Bethel, plagiarism has serious consequences: it can result in a failing grade on an assignment for a first offense, and can progress up to getting a student expelled if they are a repeat offender.

Taking someone’s words and using them without a proper citation is a problem. Without being taught the correct way, this problem is not going to correct itself and will continue to become a bigger problem. There are major consequences for plagiarising, but these can be avoided with a simple citation. Tying together the definition of plagiarism, reasons for using documentation, and an explanation of MLA 8 and APA citations will all be brought together. Learning what kind of citation, and what needs a citation is a very important concept in becoming a successful writer. Citing a source correctly will save you time and problems.

Paraphrasing is more acceptable and should be done frequently, again with appropriate references of the author’s name and publication date. Should several paragraphs be from the same reference, each paragraph needs to have the reference at least once, usually after the first or last sentence. However, it is appropriate to use multiple references in a paragraph. When this is done, place the reference after each new reference so that the reader knows from where the information came.

My English Comp 2 instructor Mrs. Begnaud (2018) stated, “Finally, we’ll begin discussing APA format…”.

Feedback: (answer located in the Citation and Plagiarism PowerPoint, APA Guide from the APUS Library, and the Basics of APA Style Tutorial)

When writing any kind of paper or essay, it is essential that you give Plagiarism is a serious credit to the sources that you use; you do this by appropriately citing these sources in parenthetical citations within your paper and in a academic violation. reference list at the end of the paper. Failing to appropriately cite To avoid plagiarism, sources—either intentionally or unintentionally—is a serious academic violation called plagiarism. You should never represent someone else’s use this rule of thumb: work or ideas as your own. Any time you have taken a statement, a When in doubt, cite it. fact, or even an idea from another author, you must cite it. A good rule to go by is that if you are in doubt about

Elizabeth, like you this is my first time as well writing in the APA style format. Honestly until starting this course I had zero idea that there was even a writing style for writing papers of this nature. I vaguely remember the first, second, and third person perspectives of writing a paper. I know that I will need to do research for future papers, and cite others. But knowing the proper way to do so is something I will be learning as we go. The use of the correct terminology, concepts, clearer languages, and punctuation will be a learning curve again for me. References and giving people the proper credit I see the need for, now to learn to do it correctly.

The APA writing style is most commonly used to cite sources for psychology, education, and social sciences and is also the official writing style of the American Psychological Association. The General APA Organizational Guidelines are basic guidelines that explain how to write a research paper in the APA format. These guidelines ensure clear and consistent presentation of written material that differentiates from other writing styles because it concerns elements such as: Citations, punctuation, presentation of numbers, etc

When writing any kind of paper or essay, it is essential that you give credit to the sources that you use; you do this by appropriately citing these sources in parenthetical citations within your paper and in a reference list at the end of the paper. Failing to appropriately cite sources—either intentionally or unintentionally—is a serious academic violation called plagiarism. You should never represent someone else’s work or ideas as your own. Any time you have taken a statement, a fact, or even an idea from another author, you must cite it. A good rule to go by is that if you are in doubt about whether something must be cited, do it to be safe. Certain types of material always require citation, and others do

• APA style requires two elements for citing outside sources: parenthetical (in-text) references, and a reference list. Together, these elements allow your reader access to the sources you consulted.

My understanding was that this paper did not have to be in proper APA format so I didn’t

APA Formatting is very different from MLA, with APA the most distinct thing is the title page, this makes your paper look for professional and clean. APA still has other differences compared to MLA that will explain in this paper. When writing in APA format you want to make sure that you follow the step below on how to create a proper APA formatted paper. APA formatting is the main format for liberal studies majors, and it is important for you to know how to correctly write in it so you can have a structured and professional paper.

Use APA formatting for in-text citations and reference page. You are expected to paraphrase and not use direct quotes. Deductions will be taken when direct quotes are used and found to be unnecessary;

APA has no specific rules about how often to insert in-text citations when paraphrasing or summarizing from one source continuously in your paper. For instance, if this entire paragraph was written using information from the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, an in-text citation should be inserted at the end of this last sentence (American Psychological Association, 2010, p. 171).

Successful vs. unsuccessful paraphrases and () Basics of APA Style. This resource will be my Bible and my guiding strength and I can access this from the NCU website.