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03.2021.APA Paper Template Masters Level v1

This document serves as a template for writing an academic paper, detailing the structure and formatting requirements. It emphasizes the importance of a strong introduction, proper heading usage, and the organization of paragraphs, including the need for a conclusion that summarizes key points. Additionally, it provides guidance on creating a references page with hanging indents.

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03.2021.APA Paper Template Masters Level v1

This document serves as a template for writing an academic paper, detailing the structure and formatting requirements. It emphasizes the importance of a strong introduction, proper heading usage, and the organization of paragraphs, including the need for a conclusion that summarizes key points. Additionally, it provides guidance on creating a references page with hanging indents.

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Title of Paper

Student Name

Institution

Course/Number

Faculty Name

Due Date
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Title of Paper

Triple-click your mouse anywhere in this paragraph to replace this text with your

introduction. Often the most crucial paragraph in the entire essay, the introduction grabs the

reader’s attention—sometimes a difficult task for academic writing. When writing an

introduction, some approaches are best avoided. Avoid starting sentences with “The purpose of

this essay is . . .” or “In this essay I will . . .” or any similar flat announcement of your intention

or topic.

Level One Heading

Replace the level one heading with the words for your heading. The heading must be in

bold font and centered. Headings help your audience track the sub-topics discussed in the body

of the essay or report. Begin a new heading for each sub-topic.

Be sure to indent the first line of each paragraph between five and seven spaces by

pressing the Tab key once on the keyboard. In addition, remember to double-space the entire

paper using Word’s double-space functionality. This template is already formatted for double

spacing.

In addition, keep in mind an academic essay should contain at least five paragraphs,

including the introduction (introductory paragraph), the body (which is generally at least three

paragraphs), and the conclusion (generally one paragraph). Most well-developed paragraphs

contain at least three to five sentences, one of which is the topic sentence. Limit each body

paragraph to one main idea.

Level Two Heading

Replace the level two heading with the words for your heading. The heading must be in

bold font. The text begins as a new paragraph.


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Level Three Heading

Replace the level three heading with the words for your heading. The heading must be

left-aligned with bold and italicized font. The text begins as a new paragraph. Most master’s-

level papers will be sufficient with three levels of heading. Delete the following level four and

five heading placeholders if not needed.

Level Four Heading. Replace the level four heading with the words for your heading.

The heading must be indented, in bold font, and end with a period. The text begins on the same

line.

Level Five Heading. Replace the level five heading with the words for your heading. The

heading must be indented, in bold, italicized font, and end with a period. The text begins on the

same line.

Conclusion

The closing paragraph is designed to bring the reader to your way of thinking if you are

writing a persuasive essay, to understand relationships if you are writing a comparison/contrast

essay, or to value the information you provide in an informational essay. The closing paragraph

summarizes the supporting paragraphs’ key points without introducing new information.
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References

This is a hanging indent. To keep the hanging indent format, triple-click your mouse on this line

of text and replace the information with your reference entry. The Reference & Citation

Generator can help format your source information into a reference entry.

You can find additional reference and citation examples at https://apastyle.apa.org/style-

grammar-guidelines/references/examples.

The reference page always begins at the top of the next page after the conclusion.

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