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    The document provides guidelines for writing papers in APA format, including structuring the introduction, thesis statement, body paragraphs, and conclusion. It explains that the introduction should introduce the topic and thesis, the body paragraphs should each focus on a single idea supporting the thesis with an introduction, evidence, and conclusion, and the conclusion should restate the thesis and main arguments without new information. The document also provides guidance on in-text citations, references, and online resources for APA style.

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    The document provides guidelines for writing papers in APA format, including structuring the introduction, thesis statement, body paragraphs, and conclusion. It explains that the introduction should introduce the topic and thesis, the body paragraphs should each focus on a single idea supporting the thesis with an introduction, evidence, and conclusion, and the conclusion should restate the thesis and main arguments without new information. The document also provides guidance on in-text citations, references, and online resources for APA style.

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    APA FORMAT ESSAYS

    • Introduces topic of the paper


    • Includes Thesis Statement
    • Introduces key arguments used to support Thesis
    Statement
    • Order they appear in the introduction = order they appear
    INTRODUCTION in the paper
    PARAGRAPH • Ideas and arguments should flow together
    • Don’t make single statements that don’t relate to the ideas
    around them
    • Assume your reader doesn’t know anything about your
    topic
    • Be Clear and Concise
    THESIS STATEMENT

    • Key Argument of for paper


    • How you will be answering the research question of the paper
    • Should be target a single specific point

    • Bad Example:
    • “Memory has been show to be fallible and should not be relied on in our legal system.”

    • Good Example:
    • “Though research has shown the unreliability and inconsistency of memory, eye-witness
    accounts continue to be used as evidence in courts of law.”
    BODY PARAGRAPHS

    • Should only contain a single idea that concerns an argument laid out in the introduction paragraph
    • 3 – 7 sentences each
    • If your paragraph in ¾ of a page, it is too long, split it into smaller thoughts/ideas

    • Each idea requires 3 things


    • Introduction(beginning)
    • Introduce the idea
    • 1 Sentence
    • Evidence(middle)
    • References and explanation of the reference
    • 2-3 sentences
    • Conclusion(End)
    • Why was this idea important to the thesis
    • 1 sentence
    CONCLUSION

    • 3-5 Sentences
    • This is where you drive you point home
    • Restate your thesis
    • Restate some key arguments, in order
    • 1 sentence for each point raised
    • Make a final point summing up
    • DO NOT ADD ANY NEW INFORMATION!!
    IN TEXT CITATION

    • Quotes or closely paraphrased informations with no introduction :


    • (last name of Author, date of publication, page number)
    • “Post-event misinformation: When exposed to misleading information, people may incorporate that
    erroneous information into their existing memory of the event during the reconsolidation process”
    (Meyers, 2014 p. 347)
    • Quotes or close paraphrases where author is introduced:
    • (Date of publication, page number)
    • As Meyers wrote “…” (2014, p.347)
    • When Paraphrasing or summarizing
    • (Author’s last name, Date of Publication)
    REFERENCE LIST/BIBLIOGRAPHY

    • Books
    • Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher.
    • Online Scholarly Article:
    • Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Online Periodical,
    volume number(issue number if available). Retrieved from
    https://www.someaddress.com/full/url/
    • Online News Articles
    • Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of article. Title of Newspaper. Retrieved from
    https://www.someaddress.com/full/url/
    ONLINE RESOURCES

    • General APA Guidelines


    • https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/purdue_owl.html

    • Citations Generator
    • http://www.citationmachine.net/
    • https://scholar.google.ca/

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