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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 3. 4 Finding appropriate sources 4. 5 Evaluating sources 5. 6 Managing information; avoiding plagiarism 6. 7 Supporting a thesis 7. 8 Avoiding plagiarism 8. 9 Integrating sources 9. 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 4. 16 Wordy sentences 1. 17 Active verbs 2. 18 Parallelism 3. 19 Needed words 4. 20 Shifts 5. 21 Mixed constructions 6. 22 Misplaced and dangling modifiers 7. 23 Sentence variety 8. 24 Appropriate voice 9. Grammar 5. 25 Subject-verb agreement 1. 26 Other problems with verbs 2. 27 Pronouns 3. 28 Adjectives and adverbs 4. 29 Sentence fragments 5. 30 Run-on sentences 6. 31 Grammar concerns for multilingual writers 7. Punctuation 6. 32 The comma 1. 33 The semicolon and the colon 2. 34 The apostrophe 3. 35 Quotation marks 4. 36 Other marks 5. Mechanics 7. 37 Capitalization 1. 38 Abbreviations 2. 39 Numbers 3. 40 Italics 4. 41 Spelling 5. 42 Hyphenation 6. Appendices 8. 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 Icons indicate exercises and other resources available at hackerhandbooks.com/pocket. 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. If your instructor has assigned this book with LaunchPad Solo, use the activation code to access exercises, model papers, and LearningCurve game-like quizzing. Visit hackerhandbooks.com/pocket to log in. • Grammar and research exercises help you improve your writing and integrate sources. • 11 model papers in 7 disciplines provide guidance in writing and formatting your work. • LearningCurve quizzes offer game-like sentence-level practice and let you track your progress. A Pocket Style Manual SEVENTH EDITION APA Version Diana Hacker Nancy Sommers Harvard University Contributing Author Rick A. Mathews Carthage College Bedford/St. Martin’s A Macmillan Education Imprint Boston ♦ New York Vice President, Editorial, Macmillan Higher Education Humanities: Edwin Hill Editorial Director for English and Music: Karen S. Henry Publisher for Composition, Business and Technical Writing and Developmental Writing: Leasa Burton Executive Editor: Michelle Clark Developmental Editor: Alicia Young Production Editor: Lidia MacDonald-Carr Production Supervisor: Lisa McDowell Marketing Manager: Emily Rowin Project Management: Lifland et al., Bookmakers Director of Rights and Permissions: Hilary Newman Senior Art Director: Anna Palchik Text Design: Claire Seng-Niemoeller Cover Design: William Boardman Composition: Cenveo Publisher Services Printing and Binding: RR Donnelley and Sons Copyright © 2016, 2013 by Bedford/St. Martin’s All rights reserved. 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