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Assignment 6: Essay Sample

Bronwyn Leunig
03/05/2019

Table of Contents
Americal American Psychological Association Style Sample ............................... 2
Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 2
Discussion ...................................................................................................................................... 2
Examples ........................................................................................................................................ 2
Format............................................................................................................................................. 2
Summary ........................................................................................................................................ 3
References..................................................................................................................................................................... 4

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Americal American Psychological Association Style

Sample

Introduction
The American Psychological Association (APA) style is primarily used in the social
science disciplines. It is formatted like Modern Language Association (MLA), and shows many
similarities, but is unique in several key points. This paper discusses the APA in detail.
Addressing plagiarism has become a major challenge in education and educating students in
referencing correctly with the APA 6th is one way of trying to overcome the problem (Bretag,
2013; Manar & Shameem, 2014)

Discussion
APA uses parenthetical (or in-text) citations within sentences, but rather than indicating
the author's name and page number, APA includes author's name and date of publication. The
page number, represented with a p. or a pp., is only added to the citation when using a direct
quote (not a summary or paraphrase). If the author's name is mentioned in the sentence, then
place the date of publication in parentheses directly after the name. If the name is not mentioned
include the author's name and date in parentheses at the end of the source material. And, if you
use a direct quote, place the page number after the publication date within the parentheses.

Examples
Note the difference between the following three examples:

Terrence (2007) has presented poignant examples from 150 interviews. However, it has been
pointed out that the research was conducted in a selective, highly biased, way (Strong & Porter,
1998). All of the interviewees have been called “exceptions to the norm” (Strong & Porter,
1998, p. 5).

Note the first example paraphrases an author that is named in the sentence, the second
example paraphrases authors that are not named in the sentence, and the third example provides a
direct quote (thus the inclusion of the page numbers) but also does not identify the authors within
the sentence. If the authors were identified within the sentence in the third example, the authors'
names would be followed by the year of publication and only the page numbers would be in the
parentheses at the end of the quote.

Format
Finally, the bibliographic page in APA style differs from MLA, what APA
calls the Reference page. You will notice a few immediate differences from the MLA
Works Cited format. With APA you include the initial of the author's first name
rather than the complete name, the publication date immediately follows the author's
name in parentheses, and titles of articles are not surrounded with quotation marks.
The lists are still alphabetized by author's last name (or title in the absence of an

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author) and the first line is flush left while subsequent lines in the same entry are
indented in (approximately 5 spaces or one tab). A good resource to help you with
referencing is Notre Dame’s referencing guide at
http://library.nd.edu.au/referencing/apa#s-lg-box-3040351. There is also a summary
downloadable help document available at:
http://library.nd.edu.au/ld.php?content_id=8053459. In APA Style, you include a
reference list rather than a bibliography with your paper (APA, 2017) . A reference
list consists of all sources cited in the text of a paper whereas a bibliography may
include resources that were consulted but not cited in the text as well as an annotated
description of each one.

Summary
The School of Education, University of Notre Dame Australia, uses the APA 6th
referencing style for all written documents. In addition to in text referencing and the reference list
there are a number of formatting requirements to ensure your essay complies with APA
standards. Get to know the APA 6th.

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References

APA. (2017) Bibliography versus reference list. Retrieved from

http://www.apastyle.org/learn/quick-guide-on-references.aspx#Bibliography

Strong, R. L., Porter, M. (1998), Grammatical Combinations. In S. Parker & K.

Gibson (Eds.), Language and Literacy (p 540-578) Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.

Terrence, H. S. (2007, November 1). Student Success in Community Colleges. The

West Australian, p. 6-7

References

APA. (2017). Quick Answers—References. Retrieved from

https://www.apastyle.org/learn/quick-guide-on-references

Strong, R. L., & Porter, M. (Eds.). (1998). Grammatical combinations. Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press.

Terrence, H. S. (2007, November 1,). Student success in community colleges. The

West Australian