Lecture 14: Effective Word Choice, APA Guidelines PDF

Lecture 14 Effective Word Choice ©McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. Authorized only for instructor use in the classroom. No reproduction or further distribution permitted without the prior  Slang...

Lecture 14 Effective Word Choice ©McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. Authorized only for instructor use in the classroom. No reproduction or further distribution permitted without the prior  Slang It is Slang is acceptable in nonstandard everyday language speech but particular to a should time and generally be often to a avoided in specific formal locale. contexts, such as academic ©McGraw-Hill Education  Slang Some examples of slang: Someone ripped off The movie Ken’s new really grossed Adidas me out. running shoes from his locker. I finally told After the game, my parents to we stuffed our get off my faces at the case. diner. ©McGraw-Hill Education  Clichés Some examples: short but sweet at a loss for words A cliché is an drop in the bucket taking a big chance expression that has been worn out took a turn for the through constant worse use. had a hard time of it word to the wise singing the blues ©McGraw-Hill Education  Pretentious Words Some people feel that they can improve their writing by using fancy, elevated words rather than simple, natural words. Pretentious Artificial, stilted wording tends to language often surface when obscures meaning students and lends to poor indiscriminately communication. use a dictionary or thesaurus. ©McGraw-Hill Education  Pretentious Words Use college- level It was a vocabulary It was an marvelous Effective, as a way to excellent Pretentiou gamble to natural improve chance to s: procure language: your writing, get some some but be sleep. slumber. careful when choosing words. ©McGraw-Hill Education APA FORMAT ACADEMIC PURPOSES  APA GUIDELINES Font= Times New Roman Size = 12 DO NOT:  Use Bold font  Underline titles  Use colors  The Title The running head/ google doc-insert- Header Insert- page number Paragraphs are indented-Do not use the Space Bar for Indenting! Title centered Do not skip spaces between the paragraphs Double-space your lines: 1-select all your material 2- Click Line Spacing-click double space line  Outside Sources Magazines Newspapers Peer Reviewed Journal Articles (Academic): A jury/panel/group of experts in the same field read and review something written by another expert Television Shows Movies/Ted Talks/Video Cast/Podcast Radio Broadcasts Interviews with other people Websites Google Scholar/ Credible sources/JSTORE  APA Citation: American Psychological Association Author Name Publication Year Article Title Website Name Website Address  Steps in Research Select a Topic Locate Articles related to the topic Read the Articles Select/Highlight the pieces that you want from the article Write your paper Include the pieces from the articles Cite those pieces (sentences or paragraphs) Write a Biblography In the end of your paper Author Name: Kadare, I Publication Year: 1971 Article Title: Kronikë në Gur Website Address: Sh.B.Onufri In-text Citation In your paragraphs, the author’s name and year that comes after quotations Bibliography/Works Cited: The last page that includes all the information about the sources Ex: In-Text Citation: In an interview for the Paris Review (1998), Kadare said, “I had three choices: to conform to my own beliefs, which meant death; complete silence, which meant another kind of death; to pay tribute, a bribe. I chose the third solution by writing The Long Winter” (Paris Review (1998). Biblography: Kadare, I. (1998). Interview, Paris Review Kadare, I. (1971). Kronikë në Gur. Tiranë, Shqipëri: Sh.B. Onufri.