APA Formatting for the Course Paper 2022
- Format all Application Assignments and the Course Paper with double-spacing.
- Use Times New Roman 12-point font.
- Use left margin text alignment, NOT justified text.
- Using hanging indent for any references placed at the end of an assignment.
- If more than one reference is used, place them alphabetically by the author’s last
name (or title of the source when no author is given).
Listing the Textbook as a Reference at the end of an Assignment:
Cohen, R. & Sherman, D. (2020). Theatre Brief, 12th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
Listing the Script:
Kaufman, M., and members of the Tectonic Theatre. (2002) The Laramie Project. Dramatist Play Service, Inc. https://www.dramatists.com/The+Laramie+Project.
Listing a Video Recording of a Live Theatre Performance:
Bousel, S. (Director). (2018). LCTC’s The Laramie Project. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOCMonXXuqQ
Parenthetical References:
Parenthetical references are embedded citations used within your assignment’s text to
identify ideas that are not your own (paraphrased info read in a textbook) or direct
quotation (words lifted from a text)
Here are a few different ways to use embedded citation within the text of an
assignment:
Cohen & Sherman (2020) note in chapter 5 that scenic designers consider “the words of the text and the images in their minds” before beginning to sketch scenery (p. 88).
OR
According to Robert Cohen and Donovan Sherman (2020), “Scenic designers begin their work with the words of the text and the images in their minds….” (p. 88).
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