COMM1133 APA Formatting Assignment 1 Instructions: Use the information provided to complete all exercises. When you are finished, create an APA formatted Title Page for your assignment. APA Citation Basics ? Follow the author-date method of in-text citation. (author’s last name, year of publication) The author’s last name and the year of publication for the source should appear in the text. ? Examples: o (Jones, 1998) or Brown (2010) researched… o (Colvin & Block, 1994) or Colvin and Block (1994) found that… ? Always include the publication date. If there is no date, write (n.d.) in place of the date. Do not use first initials or first names in the text citation (unless there is more than one author with the same last name.) Three types of citations in APA format: paraphrase, short quote, long quote ? Paraphrase (summary): A paraphrase is material from a source which has been simplified and restated in your own words. All paraphrases must be cited, using the author’s last name, and year of publication. o For all in text citations, if the author’s name is part of the sentence, place only the year of publication in parentheses. o Examples: ? Berk (2007) found that children begin to play organized games with rules, once they reach school-age. o For all in text citations, when the author’s name is not part of the sentence, place both the name and the year, separated by a comma, in parentheses o Example: ? Studies conducted found that children begin to use organized play and games with rules at school-age (Berk, 2007). ? Short-quote (less than 40 words): Must be enclosed within quotation marks and cited using the author’s last name, year of publication, and page number. If the author is quoted “word for word,” no matter how small, also provide the page number or paragraph number (LaBrie, 2009, p. 100). o Example: ? “Reading makes use of many skills at once, taxing all aspects of our information processing systems” (Berk, 2007, p. 306). ? Long-quote (40 + words): indented…