A Pocket Style Manual, APA Version

475 Pages·2015·12.42 MB·English

by  Diana Hacker

Brief Contents

Writing Papers in APA Style
1.
1 Writing college papers in APA style
1.
a Research paper: Literature review
1.
b Research paper: Original empirical research
2.
c Laboratory report
3.
d Analytical essay
4.
e Annotated bibliography
5.
f Administrative report
6.
g Case study
7.
h Clinical paper
8.
i Professional memo
9.
j Reflective essay
10.
2 Understanding APA conventions
2.
3 Posing questions to start a paper
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4 Finding appropriate sources
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5 Evaluating sources
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6 Managing information; avoiding plagiarism
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7 Supporting a thesis
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8 Avoiding plagiarism
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9 Integrating sources
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Formatting Papers in APA Style
2.
10 Parts of a paper in APA style
1.
11 APA paper format
2.
12 Sample pages from papers in APA style
3.
Documenting Sources in APA Style
3.
13 APA in-text citations
1.
14 APA list of references
2.
15 APA notes
3.
Clarity
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16 Wordy sentences
1.
17 Active verbs
2.
18 Parallelism
3.
19 Needed words
4.
20 Shifts
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21 Mixed constructions
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22 Misplaced and dangling modifiers
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23 Sentence variety
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24 Appropriate voice
9.
Grammar
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25 Subject-verb agreement
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26 Other problems with verbs
2.
27 Pronouns
3.
28 Adjectives and adverbs
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29 Sentence fragments
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30 Run-on sentences
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31 Grammar concerns for multilingual writers
7.
Punctuation
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32 The comma
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33 The semicolon and the colon
2.
34 The apostrophe
3.
35 Quotation marks
4.
36 Other marks
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Mechanics
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37 Capitalization
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38 Abbreviations
2.
39 Numbers
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40 Italics
4.
41 Spelling
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42 Hyphenation
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Appendices
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1. Glossary of usage
2. Glossary of grammatical terms
3. Checklist for global revision
4. Checklist for visiting the writing center
9. Index
10. Documentation directories
11. Charts and lists for quick reference
12. List of sample pages from student papers
13. Revision symbols
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How to Use This Book and Its Media
A Pocket Style Manual, APA Version, is a quick reference for writers and
researchers who use the style guidelines of the American Psychological
Association (APA). As a researcher, you can turn to it for details about finding,
evaluating, and documenting sources and about writing papers in APA style. As
a writer, you will find advice on revising sentences for clarity, grammar,
punctuation, and mechanics.
Here are the book’s key features.

• The brief and detailed contents inside the front and back covers allow
you to quickly spot the help you need.
• The index at the back of the book includes user-friendly terms like “I vs.
me” to point to common problems like pronoun case.
• Charts and checklists throughout the book and at the end of the book
provide quick advice on revising a draft or preparing for a writing center
visit.
• Writing and formatting APA-style papers is covered in sections 1–12,
which provide advice about using APA conventions, supporting a thesis,
avoiding plagiarism, and integrating sources when you write papers in APA
style. The handbook includes sample pages from 11 types of student papers.
Annotations on the sample pages point out appropriate writing as well as
correct formatting of the parts of an APA-style paper.
• Documenting sources in APA style is covered in sections 13–15, which
provide models for APA-style in-text citations and reference list entries.
Directories to documentation models are on pages 104 and 111–12 and in
the back of the book.
• The glossaries in the Appendices offer useful definitions and help with
commonly confused or misused words such as affect/effect.
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• Grammar and research exercises help you improve your writing and
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• 11 model papers in 7 disciplines provide guidance in writing and
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• LearningCurve quizzes offer game-like sentence-level practice and let
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A Pocket Style Manual
SEVENTH EDITION
APA Version
Diana Hacker
Nancy Sommers
Harvard University
Contributing Author
Rick A. Mathews
Carthage College
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