APA Style Essay Format
- Titles, Headings and Subheadings
- Text Page Format
APA Style of Essay Outline, Titles, Headings and Subheadings Format
APA headings
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Title and Major Section |
Centered |
Heading Caps |
b |
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First-Level Heading |
Centered |
Heading Caps |
b |
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Second Level Heading |
Flush Left |
Heading Caps |
i,b |
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The third level heading |
Indent |
Sentence caps |
i,b |
The third level heading is a Run-in paragraph heading, need not be a complete sentence but end with a period or other appropriate punctuation
APA Text Page Format of Essay
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Fonts |
Not specified |
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Indents |
one-half inch |
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Right Justification |
A ragged right margin is preferred, But justified margins may substitute for ragged right margins in final manuscripts |
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Spacing |
Double space the text, but single space within block quotes, references, and the abstract. Space once after all punctuation . |
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Page numbers |
Page numbers are required on every page: Number pages consecutively. |
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Emphasis |
Italics |
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Footnotes |
Footnotes are rarely used, except for author affiliation and contact information - the author note. |