2 Tips on Academic Writing Formatted according to an acceptable style: Language Association (MLA) •Modern Psychological Association (APA) •American •Chicago Turabian •Kate There are others. The paper itself has to follow margin, spacing, and font rules. double •Spacing: legible, preferably Times New Roman •Font: 12 point •Type: or past •Present 1 inch on all sides •Margins- The writing adheres to academic style, preferably third person, because the audience is a scholarly one. Dates are written in the foreign way with the day first: 15 August 2016. Research papers originate from a statement that we want to prove through authenticated evidence. The internal references (or intext citations) show the reader we can back up what we are saying and the bibliography or works cited page lists all the sources we used to find that evidence. Unless the teacher requests it, there is no dedicated cover page (like the one on this handbook). Name, Course Name, Teacher’s Name, and Date are in block form on the top left of the first page. Page numeration is surname followed by page number on the top right of each page. The order of the pages is the following: Body, Endnotes (if required), Works Cited.
2 Tips on Academic Writing Formatted according to an acceptable style: •Modern Language Association (MLA) •American Psychological Association (APA) •Chicago •Kate Turabian There are others. The paper itself has to follow margin, spacing, and font rules. •Spacing: double •Font: legible, preferably Times New Roman •Type: 12 point •Present or past •Margins- 1 inch on all sides The writing adheres to academic style, preferably third person, because the audience is a scholarly one. Dates are written in the foreign way with the day first: 15 August 2016. Research papers originate from a statement that we want to prove through authenticated evidence. The internal references (or intext citations) show the reader we can back up what we are saying and the bibliography or works cited page lists all the sources we used to find that evidence. Unless the teacher requests it, there is no dedicated cover page (like the one on this handbook). Name, Course Name, Teacher’s Name, and Date are in block form on the top left of the first page. Page numeration is surname followed by page number on the top right of each page. The order of the pages is the following: Body, Endnotes (if required), Works Cited.
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