COMM 200 EXAM 2/QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS
MLA/APA - -Both writing styles are used to develop formal academic writing
and reduce plagiarism and grammatical errors
- What does APA stand for? - -APA: American Psychological Association (first
edition of apa style guide published in 1952)
-Psychology = Comm. Science =APA
-Title page (counts as page 1)
-Reference page
-Research format: Intro is purpose, review of literature,
hypothesis(es),methods, results, discussion
- What does MLA stand for - -MLA: Modern Language Association of America
(first published in 1951)
-English = Rhetoric =MLA
-No separate title page (optional)
-Works Cited
-Research format: Intro is research question/thesis, review of
literature,method/theory, analysis, implications
- Why do we use APA and MLA? - --Allows us to give credit to our scores
-It gives us a template to follow so we don't forget anything in our references
-Helps us avoid footnotes or endnotes
-Keeps us from weighing our paper down with titles or unnecessary info
-NOTE: COMM STUDIES DOES NOT HAVE ITS OWN STYLE SO WE USE APA OR
MLA
- APA//Citing Sources (paraphrased, in text; parenthetical reference) - --Cite
source after the sentence (author's last name,comma, year of publication)
EX: Elocution professors established the Departments of Speech during the
1920s and 1930s (Dues & Brown, 1998)
-Mention authors name in the text and cite the year parenthetically:
According to Dues and Brown (1998), elocution professors established the
Departments of Speech during the 1920s and 1930s
- APA// Citing Sources (multiple authors and direct quotes, in text,
parenthetical reference) - -"Immediacy may override or distort students'
perceptions of how frequently teachers misbehave" (Kelsey et al., 1991,
p.44).
-Note year of publication and page number for direct quote
-If 3 or more authors use only the last name of the first author followed by
"et al."
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