MinimumAPA Guidelinesin a Nutshell:Pet PeeveList

Margins:
1" top, right and bottom

Cover page: Or informationon top left of the 1"tpage:

Coursenumber and coursetitle
Assignment name: Title of your paper
YourName
Professor'snarne,
Month, Date and Year

Header/Footer:
Pagenumber-top right
No running header
No footer

Body:
Double spaced
12 point font in Times New Roman or Arial
Left justifred (no right justification)
Avoid use of double quotationswithin double quotations:"I said,'No way!" yesterday."
Avoid the use of contractions:Don't use it. @
Avoid the use of widows and orphans: See"Format," "Paragtaph," and "Line and Page
Breaks" tab

CitationExamplesWithinthe Body:
Fumiesaid,"SMU is gtand"(Hashimoto,2010).
Hashimotoin her study(2010)ratedSMU high.
Fumierateseducationat SMU high(Hashimoto, 2010).

ReferenceExamples:
Books:
Hashimoto, F. (2010). Saint Martin's University and You: Surviving APA Formatting.
Blah Blah Blah Publishing Inc. Olympia, WA.

Journals:
Hashimoto, F. (2010). Saint Martin's University and You: Fixing APA Formatting.
Journal of APA Survival. Blah Blah Blah Publishing Inc. Olympia, WA.

[Reference:Each entry is single spacedand the secondline on is/are left indentedwith a

blank line between each entry.l
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Its vs. it's Weathervs. whether

There vs. their vs. they're Desertvs. dessert

Passedvs. past Effect vs. affect

Principle vs. principal Accept vs. Except

Written AssignmentRequirements
1. The assignmentis due at the beginning of the classtime.
2. Written assignmentmust be double spacedand typed with font size at 12 pt. or
larger.
3. Give proper citation for the information gatheredfrom other source,or the
assignmentwill be considered"plagiarized."
4. Even if you are absent,the assignmentdue date remainsas statedin syllabus, so
sendthe assignmentin as an attachmentto e-mail.