“Oh TK, that’s just politically correct BS!” “Let me guess, we’re ‘woke’ in this class?” “I always use that word. It’s not a slur.” “Am I going to be ‘cancelled’ now?” “What about my...
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published January 8, 2021
Now that 2020 is in our rearview mirror (thank goodness!), I thought it appropriate to usher in the New Year with a recap of not-to-miss Writing Center blogcasts that concern APA Style as we...
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published December 18, 2020 · Last modified December 17, 2020
In informal writing, the use of the first-person plural pronoun “we” is commonplace, as in, We tend to use language willy-nilly when writing informally. Some of you might not think twice about my use...
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published December 11, 2020
Writing to many is about dos and don’ts, especially don’ts–don’t use first person, don’t use second person, don’t use slang, don’t use contractions, don’t use hyperbole. Don’t, don’t, don’t. And of course these “don’ts”...
Academic Success / Academic Writing / APA 7th Ed
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published December 4, 2020 · Last modified December 3, 2020
Many who are not familiar with the basics of APA Style documentation become confused, frustrated, and sometimes even stressed when they need to document a source that may not be typical or contains missing...
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published November 20, 2020
Everyone likes lists. The 100 greatest movies of all time. The top ten gourmet meals in under twenty minutes as selected by gourmet chefs. And now that the 7th edition of APA Style’s Publication...
Academic Success / Academic Writing / APA 7th Ed
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published November 13, 2020 · Last modified November 14, 2020
What’s the Academic Success & Writing Resource Center & Blog? Well, the Writing Center in the Academic Success Center at Purdue Global has been hard at work not only readying our resources for the...
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published November 6, 2020 · Last modified December 21, 2020
Understanding APA Style’s author-date citation system is easy enough, right? But anyone who conducts research knows that citing sources is not always so straight forward. Sometimes a source has more than one author, and...
Academic Writing / APA 7th Ed / Blogcast
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published October 30, 2020 · Last modified November 5, 2020
In case you’re wondering what a signal phrase is, let me start there. All a signal phrase is is some introductory text that precedes (and sometimes splits or follows) information that comes from a...
by Purdue Global Academic Success Center and Writing Center · Published October 23, 2020 · Last modified November 5, 2020
In the 7th edition, APA Style differentiates between two types of in-text citations: parenthetical and narrative. With the author-date citation system, sometimes both the author and date appear in parenthesis separated by a comma–thus,...