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TENTH LESSON: TITLE PAGE ACCORDING APA 7th EDITION

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  Hello guys and welcome to another blog. Today we will learn how to make a title page according to APA 7th edition. A title must contain the following elements: Page number: It goes on the upper right side part of the page. Paper title: It goes centered on the half of the page, and it is recommended to be more than 12 words being from one to two lines. The first letter of each content word has to be capitalized. Subtitles begin on a new line, following the main title and a colon, centered in the upper half of the page   Author’s name:  Allison J. Quirós (First name, middle initials, and last name). If you are the author, your second last name is optional.  Department or School and Institution: English Department, Internacional de las Americas University. Code and name of the course: I-017: Composition I Instructor’s name: Lic. Olivia S. Loria  Quirós.(Academic degree/period/name/middle initialas/period/last name(s))  Due date of the work: April 1st EXAMPLE:  And that is how you ha
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NINTH LESSON: APA 7th Edition References

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 Hello and welcome to another lesson. In today's lesson, we are going to see how to make references in APA 7th Edition style. First of all, why is it important to put references and citations on your work? Well, it is important because you can be accused of doing plagiarism, also by putting references or citations, you are supporting all the information that you wrote in your work. In formal writing, we have two main sections in which we have to apply APA. As mentioned before, these are in-text citations and references. In-text citation The in-text citation uses the author's last name and the year of publication. "The first step is you have to say that you can" (Smith, 2015). According to Smith (2015) "The first step is you have to say that you can" If the quote or phrase that you are citing is on a particular page, put the number. "The first step is you have to say that you can" (Smith, 2015,p.90). According to Smith (2015,p.90) "The first st
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EIGHTH LESSON: THE OUTLINE

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 Today we are going to see how to elaborate an outline properly. First, let's see the outline's format. An outline has a maximum of 4 levels of detail. I. Roman Numbers            A. Capital letters                      1. Arabic numbers                                a. Low case letters  In roman numbers, you can place the main point and in the other levels, you can write a supporting idea or an example. There are three types of outlines. Topic Outline ( just phrases) Sentence Outline (complete sentences) Summary outline (summary of an essay) Example of Topic Outline. Taken from https://images.examples.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/apa-outline-1.png As you can see in this example, the main points aren't complete sentences, they are just phrases. In the Arabic numbers, you can give examples and expand a little bit your ideas. I recommend that if you have A. B. C. on one or two points you better put A. B. C. on the other main points. Example of Sentence Outline. Taken from
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SEVENTH LESSON: CONCLUDING PARAGRAPH

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 Hello bloggers, and welcome to the seventh lesson. Today we are going to see how to write a concluding paragraph in the right way. First of all, lest review what a concluding paragraph it's about. The concluding paragraph is a restatement of the thesis statement, however, you cannot copy and paste all the thesis. You can rewrite the same but with different words such as synonyms.  You can end it with a memorial phrase to make the reader reflects. Remember that you can't add new information to it. Here is an image, in which you also can see how to write it. Now, let's take a look at the essay example that we have been working on.                                                                 Workaholism Problem  (TOPIC) INTRODUCTION               Have you ever wondered if you are a workaholic? (CATCHING PHRASE)   Although it seems unlikely, this is a problem that has been in society for a long time. Despite it being believed that workaholism is not so grave, it is actually
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SIXTH LESSON: BODY PARAGRAPH

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 Hellooooooooo, in this lesson you will learn how to make a body paragraph properly. First of all, let's start by answering this question: WHAT DOES A BODY PARAGRAPH IS ABOUT? A body paragraph it's about developing and explaining the main points that are in your introductory paragraph. Also, in the body you can provide some examples, to prove what you are writing. Let's take a look at this essay in process, paragraph 2.                                                                  Workaholism Problem  (TOPIC) INTRODUCTION               Have you ever wondered if you are a workaholic? (CATCHING PHRASE)   Although it seems unlikely, this is a problem that has been in society for a long time. Despite it being believed that workaholism is not so grave, it is actually a very serious problem.  These days, this condition has increased bringing with it numerous side effects.    Workaholism has caused a lot of consequences (MAIN IDEA)  in people, but the most common are problems i
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FIFTH LESSON: GENERAL STRUCTURE OF AN ESSAY

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 Today we are going to see the general structure of an essay. To begin with,  let's start answering this question: WHAT IS AN ESSAY? An essay is a formal short piece of writing, which is formed by paragraphs. But, how is it structured? In the following image, you are going to find the structure and its content. As you can see, the introductory paragraph is the first in an essay. This paragraph introduces the main idea and main points of the essay with the thesis statement. To catch the reader's attention, you can start your introductory paragraph with a fact, statistics, a question, news, historical events, and a quote to sustain what the writer wants to say.  Its length depends on the length of the essay. An essay of 1 page must have  5-7 lines of introduction 2 pages must have 10-15 lines of  introduction 3 pages must have 15-20 lines of  introduction  Also, it is important to know that each essay's paragraph starts with indentation.  EXAMPLE                              
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