What is Apa Format? - Style Definition

Citation and References

In order to make the idea and research more logical APA style uses citation

(acknowledgment), so to let the readers assured that where this comes from. These are used as the reference or the evidence for the argument you have made. The format for citation usage is as:

• Write the author's last name
• The year of the publication
• and the page number of the information of your commendation

These are separated by commas and are enclosed in parenthesis where as the ‘p’ of page no. must be lowercase.

The above format may be changed in different cases as:

When you will write the author's name in your text, you only have to include the year of publication and the page number. Or when the one thing or work is presented by several author or the author is unknown.

The reference list is the second component of this system. It is a brief statement that presents all the publications that you mentioned in your paper. Its format is:

• It begins a new page after your main body
• Word 'References' is titled at the top of the page
• This list represents author's last name in alphabetical order
• Each reference is shown at new line
• These lines are arranged in dangling indentations

References consist of the last name and first name of author separated by a comma. After this the year of the publication is put in parenthesis. Then the title is being written which doesn’t include any kind of special punctuation.

Next, the title of the work is written without any or type except a period at the end. The title which is listed in italics, followed by a comma, and the page numbers is appeared next. The format varies for different kinds of data.

Section Headings

APA style requires the headings if the paper break down into different sections and sub-sections. Headings are categories in 5 different level where each pointed by different tools of formatting like bold, italics, indentations, and capitalization font.

There classification is as follows:

• Heading 1 is centered. Moreover, it is bold and uses both uppercase and lowercase letters
• Heading 2 is aligned left. It is bold too, and uses both uppercase and lowercase letters
• Heading 3 is indented. It is bold, however, uses only lowercase letters after the first one, and ends in a period. Your regular paragraph starts right after the heading, and not on a separate line
• Heading 4: Indented, bold, in italics, uses only lowercase letters after the first one, and ends in a period. Your regular paragraph starts right after the heading, and not on a separate line
• Heading 5 is Indented and in italics. It uses only lowercase letters after the first one, and ends in a point. Your regular paragraph starts right after the heading and not on a separate line.