please see the attachment
ENG 106: Composition II Handout
APA Checklist
1. ________ My essay includes a title page.
2. ________ My title page looks like the sample in Rules for Writers
3. ________ I introduce my running head on the title page as exemplified in the textbook.
4. ________ Starting on page two, my essay includes a running head in all caps.
5. ________ I include a summary of my paper’s focus in an abstract on page two.
6. ________ My abstract looks like the sample in Rules for Writers.
7. ________ I include “Keywords” after the abstract as exemplified in Rules for Writers.
8. ________ The essay title on page three is centered and in regular font (not bolded).
9. ________ Each section (not each paragraph) of my paper is opened by a heading.
10. ________ Each heading is centered and bolded.
11. ________ My title and headings look like those in the sample paper in Rules for Writers.
12. ________ I use the past tense to reference authors and sources in my signal phrases.
13. ________ The author last name and date appear in a signal phrase or in-text citation each time I
use a source in the paper.
14. ________ If the page number is available, it always appears in the in-text citation when I quote.
15. ________ My in-text citations follow the APA guidelines in Rules for Writers and course lectures.
16. ________ My references page follows APA end-text documentation guidelines carefully.
17. ________ My reference page looks like the one in the sample paper in Rules for Writers.
© Kara Beary and Indian Hills Community College
