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This document provides guidelines for formatting a research paper, including: - Printing the paper on standard white paper with 12 point font and double spacing. - Using 1 inch margins on all sides and numbering pages consecutively. - Organizing the paper with a title page, abstract, introduction, body, and references section. - Recommendations for structuring each section, such as centering titles and including the author's name on the title page.

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Wa0001

This document provides guidelines for formatting a research paper, including: - Printing the paper on standard white paper with 12 point font and double spacing. - Using 1 inch margins on all sides and numbering pages consecutively. - Organizing the paper with a title page, abstract, introduction, body, and references section. - Recommendations for structuring each section, such as centering titles and including the author's name on the title page.

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Research Paper Writing

Print the manuscript on one side of standard-sized heavy white


bond paper, (8-1/2 X 11, 20-pound bond). Inkjet and laser
printers will generally produce good quality, acceptable quality
papers.

Examples of proper page formats are shown below.

One-inch margins at the top, bottom, right and left sides are now required by
APA. (Formerly 1 1/2-inch margins were required.)

Double spacing is required throughout the paper. Double-space after every


line of the title, headings, quotations, references, etc. Do not use single or
one-and-a-half spacing. If you wish to use single-spacing for quotations of
verse and drama because it more nearly approximates what the poet and
dramatist would want, consult with your instructor before doing so.

Each page is numbered consecutively, including title page and reference


page. Type the numbers in the upper right-hand corner using Arabic
numerals. Arrange the pages of the manuscript as follows:

• Title page numbered 1.


• Abstract (separate page numbered 2).
• Text (start on a new page numbered 3).
• Pages with figures are not numbered.

To make a paper readable

• Print or type using a 12 point standard font, such as Times, Geneva,


Bookman, Helvetica, etc.
• Text should be double spaced on 8 1/2" x 11" paper with 1 inch
margins, single sided
• Number pages consecutively
• Start each new section on a new page
• Adhere to recommended page limits

Mistakes to avoid

• Placing a heading at the bottom of a page with the following text on the
next page (insert a page break!)
• Dividing a table or figure - confine each figure/table to a single page
• Submitting a paper with pages out of order

In all sections of your paper

• Use normal prose including articles ("a", "the," etc.)


• Stay focused on the research topic of the paper
• Use paragraphs to separate each important point (except for the
abstract)
• Indent the first line of each paragraph
• Present your points in logical order
• Use present tense to report well accepted facts - for example, 'the
grass is green'
• Use past tense to describe specific results - for example, 'When weed
killer was applied, the grass was brown'
• Avoid informal wording, don't address the reader directly, and don't use
jargon, slang terms, or superlatives
• Avoid use of superfluous pictures - include only those figures necessary
to presenting result

• Title Page
A short title is used throughout the paper including the title page. The
short title is a single two or three-word derivation of the title of the paper

The title page should have the title of the paper centered on the page. The
Short Title and page number appear at the top right of the title page. The
student's name appears one double-space below the title. The institutional
affiliation (name of the college or high-school for which the paper has been
written) appears one double-space below student name. (If there is no
institutional affiliation, the city and state or city and country of the author
should be identified instead.
Abstract
Page two is the Abstract for the paper. It is a brief (100-150 words)
comprehensive summary of the research paper. The Short Title and the
number 2 are typed in the upper right-hand corner of the page. The
word Abstract is centered as the first line of type on this page. Type the
abstract as a single paragraph in block format (i.e., without paragraph
indentation).

Introduction
Your introductions should not exceed two pages (double spaced, typed).

Page three is the beginning of the body of the paper. The title of the paper
appears (centered) one double-space below the Short Title. The first line of
the body of the paper appears one double-space below the title.

Mention anything you disliked about the book


Talk about why you think it didn't work for you. For example:

• Did you wish the ending hadn't been a cliffhanger because you found it frustrating?
• Did you find it difficult to care about a main character, and could you work out why?
• Was the story too scary for your liking, or focused on a theme you didn't find
interesting?

Round up your review

Summarise some of your thoughts on the book by suggesting the type of reader
you'd recommend the book to. For example: younger readers, older readers, fans of
relationship drama/mystery stories/comedy. Are there any books or series you would
compare it to?
References

The reference list begins on a new page.


Type the word References (Reference in the case of only one) centered at the
top of the page. Double-space all reference entries. The initial line of each
entry is indented about half an inch (hanging indent style).

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