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Template A Pa 7 Paper

This document shows you how to use APA style.

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This Is Your Title: It Should Be Descriptive but Succinct

Anonymous

University of the People

Dr. Angela Andrews

Month Day, Year


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This Is Your Title: It Should Be Descriptive but Succinct

Begin typing the body of the paper here. Indent one tab stop for each paragraph. Place

one space after punctuation marks that end sentences. APA Style™ does not require a minimum

paragraph length, such as three sentences. However, “single-sentence paragraphs are abrupt and

should be used infrequently. Limit the use of “I” and “you” in academic writing.

Use this template to write an APA 7th Edition Style paper. The format includes the correct

margins, double spacing, centering, headings, etc., per APA. APA 7th Edition allows writers to

use different fonts and sizes in APA Style™ papers: 12-point Times New Roman, 11-point Arial,

11-point Calibri, 11-point Georgia, 10-point Lucida Sans Unicode, or 10-point Computer

Modern are acceptable fonts for student papers. To use this template, highlight and then type

over or delete sections of the text included here.

You may be asking why the university requires students to use the APA writing style.

Carpenter and Anderson (2012) said that APA format provides a standard for how a document

should look. “APA gives students models or examples for creating their papers and also provides

professors with a structure for grading papers” (Carpenter & Anderson, 2012, p. 80).

APA instructions for in-text citations help students avoid plagiarism, and having an APA

reference allows a reader to locate a source quickly (Butler, 2010).

Level Two APA Heading

APA 7th Edition Style™ uses Level Two headings after the introductory paragraphs. To

transform a line of text into a Level Two heading, click Heading 2 in Microsoft Word’s Style

area of the Home ribbon. When you have a Level Two heading in APA, use Word’s Heading 2

Style. Align Level Two headings, or place Level Two headings flush with, the left margin. In
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Level Two headings, capitalize all major words. Headings created with this template use bold,

12-point Times New Roman font.

APA specifies formatting for up to five heading levels of in a paper, but most student

papers only need one or two levels. Headings help readers identify where they are in the paper,

in the same way that a road sign helps drivers determine their location. Wilson (2011) analyzed

the section headings on 378 undergraduate papers, and determined section headings reliably

outline a writer’s thoughts (pp. 37-38).

Another Level Two Heading

Use Word’s headings feature to create a table of contents automatically. A table of

contents is normally not necessary in a typical short paper. However, a table of contents often is

required for a thesis or capstone project. You can find the button for generating a table of

contents automatically on the extreme left of Word’s “References” ribbon (Lytle, 2013).

Another Level One APA Heading

Often you will have to submit several papers during one course. The feedback on the first

paper will be invaluable. Use this feedback as you write additional papers (Butler, 2010). Butler

(2010) also recommended that students save copies of their graded papers on a USB drive. By

saving papers to a USB drive, you will have a portfolio of your graded work, even after you lose

access to the class or you graduate from Indiana Wesleyan University.

The headings, in text citations, discussion of general APA format, and References list

entries in this paper are fictitious or made up examples (including the next sentence). For those

who want to know more about APA, Dombek-Smith (2011) created an annotated bibliography

that lists APA tutorials and instructional materials. Again, the Dombek-Smith (2011) book does

not exist. We apologize in advance for any confusion. Evaluating each item should include both
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the intended audience and cost. Dombek-Smith described one source in glowing terms: “the

OCLS APA 7e Guide is the most current printable APA handbook available to university

students, and is available for free on the OCLS website” (p. 305).
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References

American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American

Psychological Association (7th ed.). https//:doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000

Butler, D. (2010). It takes time getting legitimate sources for research papers. In J. A. Bell & L.

L. Luesing (Eds.), The art of good research (3rd ed., pp. 1256-1299). Harper & Row.

Carpenter, C. A., & Anderson, A. B. (2012). The thrill of writing an amazing paper. Journal of

Excellent Writing, 56(3), 69–89. https://doi.org/10.1289.jew.34567

Dombek-Smith, B. L. (2011). How to write with flow and tone in APA. Fictitious Unreal

University Press.

Lytle, R. N. (2013). Writing academically: It is easier than you think. Journal of Writing for

College, 6(2), 102–106. https://doi.org/10.1070.jwc.123456d

Moore, C., Ullom, S., Summers, J. C., Anderson, B. X., Colaw, M., Brown, S. J., & Tryon, R.

(2011). Why using a writing style provides consistency and structure to a college level

paper. Journal of Excellent Writing, 55(4), 100-116. https://doi.org/10.1289

.jew.891011

Wilson, E. O. (2011). Writing to convey meaning and context. Harper & Row.

https://www.ebscohost.com

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