FORMAT

Setting up an Academic Assignment (according to APA standards)

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1. Make sure you put appropriate identifying information [DOUBLE SPACED] at
the top right or top left side of all your assignments—like the following:
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Mary Jane (Your name)

ID # 000000 (Your Id #)

Prof. Evadne Anderson (professor’s name)

ESL 204/Term [use a #]/Section (Course information)

Month Date, Year (Date)

Cause /Effect Essay: Practice Draft 1/Draft 2 (as appropriate)

(Centre the title of the assignment)

(Indent the 1st line->) Wchshsh sksje eeheh hehehe bsbsb heheuss hd jwnv

hhcacjco oklp we w w ffvvv-v vvv[v[v[vpvp vhagib vbhbh gubhhi

Vbpibbbi. Chhgaarm ndjr ndhpa dkli dcudyp, ccnsp,kk, afgha vjhhc vv etc.

NOTE: Do NOT justify the right margin!—i.e. it should be a ’ragged’ margin –as above.

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2.Double space all work that is to be responded to. Do not triple space
between paragraphs.
3. Indent the first line of each paragraph
4. Leave a left margin of 1.5” approximately
5.. Underline the title of a book---Put the title of a chapter, an article or a
poem in quotation marks [“The Dying Lake ”]
6. Include a separate Reference page.
7. Please do not hyphenate words. Francophone writers like to do this, and it
is a valid writing technique. However, it is totally unnecessary and can cause
unnecessary linguistic problems!
8. For MY essay assignments, please underline your thesis statement
(paragraph 1) topic sentences (paragraphs 2, 3, 4), and the restated thesis
statement (concluding paragraph). This is not an APA requirement but is
good practice for keeping you alert and accountable as a writer. Do NOT use a
highlighter to indicate your thesis statement and topic sentences.

When you write your 2nd draft of essays #1 and #2 in class, staple Draft #1
to the back of Draft 2.