Practical Research – 1 Activity

Time Frame: April 2020

A. Direction: Differentiate the research writing style by completing the table

Indicators APA MLA CSW

Alignment Align the text to Align the text Justify all text to
the left and indent flush left, leave the the left
the first line of text ragged on the (excluding indentions
every paragraph right side. ), but you may also
by 5-7 spaces. use ragged right
justification or use full
(block) justification.
Font Sans serif (Calibri, 12 point Times New Always use a
Arial, t Lucida Sans Roman , Arial serif font, such as
Unicode It depends on what font Times New Roman,
Serif Fonts (Times New style is used for the primary text of
Roman, Georgia, and your paper. Use a
Normal Computer font size between 10-
Modern and 12-point sizes.
Indention Indent the first line of Indent the first line of Indent
each paragraph of text each paragraph one paragraphs within the
0.5 in. from the left half-inch from the left primary text of your
margin margin. paper by one and a half
inch or
approximately 5 to 8
spaces.
Margin 1” margin on all sides 1” margin on all sides 1” margin on all sides
Page type Use regular Use standard, 20-
white, 20-pound pound white
bond paper that paper that measures
has measurements 8.5 by 11 inches.
of 8.5 by 11 Use standard 20-
inches. pound regular
white bond paper
that is 8.5 by 11
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Punctuation In most cases, Follow allstandard All punctuation
use single space punctuation with just goes inside the
after all common onespace, including closing quotation
punctuation marks such colons, marks.
as periods, commas,periods, and In Chicago style,
commas, colons, semicolons. marks periods and commas
and semicolons. always go inside
quotation marks.
spacing Double Spaced Double Spaced Double Spaced
Titles Type your title in upper MLA does not require a Center all text on
and lowercase letters separate title page. You the title page, using
centered in the upper can include the both horizontal and
half of the page. The information used for vertical alignment.
 title should be centered the title on the first Uppercase all text and
and written in boldface. page of the paper, and doublespace too
APA recommends that begin the paper’s main
your title be focused text on the same page.
and succinct and that it All text should be
should not contain double-spaced on the
abbreviations or words first page. You can
that serve
place the page number
no purpose.
in the upper right
corner. In the upper left
corner, flush left, and
beginning at the
margins, include your
name, the instructor’s
name, the course, and
the date. Then, center
the text for the title,
mixing uppercase and
lowercase letters.
Page number Place all the page All pages consecutively Use Arabic numerals to
numbers in the top right in the upper right-hand number every page in
corner in the header corner, one-half inch your paper
from the top and flush
with the right margin

B. Direction: Write an essay about the different research writing style. Use the questions below as a
guide in writing your essay.

1. If given a chance on any topic, which style will you use?

2. Why did you choose that style?
3. Do you think the style you have chosen is easier than the other style? Why or why not?
4. Why do think there are many writing style if it does not affect the research itself?
NOTE: Answers in the two activities should be written separately in a clean short bond paper .This is
an INDIVIDUAL TASK

If I were given any topic, I will choose APA because as I have observed, in academic most
teacher will prefer the APA format. APA format is also widely used in research papers and such. Since I
will be pursuing a course related to medicine, I believe that APA will be useful especially research
papers. I don’t think that APA is easier compared to the other writing style because it is commonly used
in the field of science. For me, I think MLA is easier compared to the other because it only need simple
format. I think that there are many writing styles for the content and data to be presented properly and in
an organized manner. Writing styles is used for the readers to easily understand what they are reading.
Since not all of us have the capacity the understand easily, that is why many writing styles are made to
cater to those people that have different learning capacity than the other.