APA Style Essay Format

  • Titles, Headings and Subheadings
  • Text Page Format

APA Style of Essay Outline, Titles, Headings and Subheadings Format

APA headings


Title and Major Section

Centered

Heading Caps

b

First-Level Heading

Centered

Heading Caps

b

Second Level Heading 

Flush Left

Heading Caps

i,b

 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

Fonts

Not specified

Indents

one-half inch

Right Justification

A ragged right margin is preferred, But justified margins may substitute for ragged right margins in final manuscripts

Spacing

Double space the text, but single space within block quotes, references, and the abstract.  Space once after all punctuation .

Page numbers

Page numbers are required on every page: Number pages consecutively.

Emphasis

Italics

Footnotes

Footnotes are rarely used, except for author affiliation and contact information - the author note.

 

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