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CH. 4 APA manuel
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- 11st principle continuitycontinuity
no inconsistencies
no contractons - 22nd principle flowinclusion of transitions
Avoid noun strings
ex bad: municipal solid waste classification methodology
ex good: methodology of classifying municipal solid waste - 33rd- consciousness 4th- clarity- word choice matters: jargons, contractions coiocaly
• avoid rep and redundancy
ex: at the present time → now → currently
the reason is because → because both alike → alike - 4Flowin paragraph:
strong main sentence
last sentence connects to the next sentence - 5First personI began....
- 6active voiceAPA supports active lang
- 7the mechanics of writing in APA punctuationpause- , : ;
stop- . ?
take a detour- / () [] - 8the mechanics of writing in APA SpaceDO: insert 1 space after: a sentence , ; : . periods following initials in name
Don't: insert 1 space after: inter periods in abbreviations } around ratio - 9the mechanics of writing in APA Dash• long dash
• set off element added to amplify
or digress from main clause
• do not use a space before or after dash - 10the mechanics of writing in APA Quotation Marksrefer to letter, word, or phrase
ex: the letter "M" - 11the mechanics of writing in APA Slash• and/or
• My
/0/
Freud (1923/1961)
original /republished - 12where is date of publicationfront matter
- 13the mechanics of writing in APA spellingin APA style
Merriam webster.com
Dictionary
singular vs plural - 14the mechanics of writing in APA Hyphenationidk i didn't get the notes on this one
- 15the mechanics of writing in APA Capitalizationdo not capitalize theories
- 16the mechanics of writing in APA italicskey terms or Phrases
title letters and numbers anchors of scale
* DOI#
digital object identifier - 17the mechanics of writing in APA numbersif above 10 Put #
if under, spell it five - 18Strategies to improve writingread to learn from example
write from an outline
reread draft seek help from others
use writing center
revise paper