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Are Movies Italicized?
...faces a moral dilemma.” Should You Italicize Movie Titles in APA? American Psychological Association (APA) style, commonly used in social sciences, has different rules for formatting movie titles. In APA style, movie titles are also italicized, but note that APA has different rules than other style guides when it comes...
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A Guide to Indenting Paragraphs
...you must indent the first line of the second and subsequent paragraphs by a further 0.5”. The entries in an APA reference list should have a hanging indent of 0.5”. Indentation in MLA Style The guidelines for MLA are very similar to those of APA with a slight difference in...
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Figures and Tables – Should You Add a Caption?
...a drawing. APA Style In APA style, you don’t have to caption your figures unless you need to further explain something that isn’t easily understood from the image, title, or legend. You might also want to include a caption for copyright attribution or to explain any asterisk usage. The caption...
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How to Cite Religious Texts in Academic Writing
...no one answer here either! It all depends on the reference system you’re using. In this post, for instance, we look at APA, MLA, and Chicago. APA Referencing In APA referencing, you cite holy texts by giving the title of the version used and the date of publication (plus the...
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When to Use a Comma with “Et Al.”
...rules about when to use “et al.” Here are the basics for the most common citation styles: ● APA and MLA use “et al.” for in-text citations of a source with three or more authors. The last name is cited and followed by “et al.,” like in this APA example:...
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Should You Use Past or Present Tense When Citing Researchers’ Work?
...the present tense when you’re citing researchers’ work in your papers. Appleby (2005) claims that around 40% of birds can migrate. The exception to the rule is the APA style guide. If your school follows the APA style guide, you can use either the past or present tense when citing...
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What Is the MLA Format for an Essay?
...from other referencing styles such as APA and Chicago Turabian. If you’re used to using APA or Chicago, you’ll have to familiarize yourself with MLA. 2. Will failing to adhere to MLA affect my essay’s grade? If your essay is required to be in MLA format, it must adhere to...
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Agatha Christie’s Best Books – Ranked
...as most of Christie’s works, but we included it anyway – who doesn’t love a story with a dog in it, especially one wrongly accused of causing the death of its owner? Luckily for Bob, the innocent fox terrier, Hercule Poirot is on the case to clear his name. 7th:...
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How to Create a Study Plan Using ChatGPT
...asking for. Your prompt could therefore be something like this: I have the following exams coming up: English literature (Hamlet) June 6th; English literature (A Doll’s House) June 9th; and history (the Russian Revolution) June 7th. I have commitments at home every Sunday and don’t want to work on Fridays...
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5 Steps to Creating Better Research Questions
...niche area. In our example above, “mental health in teenagers,” this could mean focusing on a specific group (e.g., 7th–9th-grade students). We could look at a single area of mental health (e.g., anxiety) or a specific time or place. Maybe in your initial reading, you discovered a gap in existing...
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What Are Readability Scores?
...to read. 90–80 6th Grade (11–12 years old) Easy to read. 80–70 7th Grade (12–13 years old) Quite easy to read. 70–60 8th and 9th Grade (13–15 years old) Plain English. Easy to read for most people. 60–50 10th to 12th Grade (15–18 years old) Quite difficult to read. 50–30...
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5 Things You Didn’t Know About Using “Et Al.”
...the bibliography or reference list. Some systems make an exception to this rule if the work you are citing has more than six or seven authors. APA referencing, for instance, specifies listing the first six names for sources with more than seven authors, followed by an ellipsis and the final...
