Sample

Running head: FULLY FORMED APA PAPER SAMPLE

1

Fully Formed APA Paper Sample Students Full Name Post University

FULLY FORMED APA PAPER SAMPLE This is a sample of how your body text in a properly formatted APA paper should look when you are completing this assignment. If you read this essay carefully and print a copy for your use, it will be a great help as you create future assignments. Most of your written assignments will take the form of essays with introduction and conclusion paragraphs, a clear purpose, and logically organized paragraphs that develop your ideas. Please note that the best introductory paragraphs identify a specific topic or problem, highlight what has been said or done concerning this topic, and offer a new and significant argument or perspective about the topic.

2

Throughout your paper, consider the way a paragraph looks on the page. The indentation and length of a paragraph convey a message to the reader, suggesting a brief or extensively developed unity of an idea. Two naturally emphatic places in any paragraph are the opening sentence and the closing sentence. The opening sentence of a paragraph is often called the topic sentence, which should provide a mini-roadmap for what you plan on discussing in the paragraph. Take advantage of the positions of both the opening and closing sentences in a paragraph; use them for emphasis and for guiding your reader. Specifically, the opening sentence, or topic sentence, of any paragraph provides a natural opportunity to direct the reader from one idea to another. The sentence may function as a combination topic and transition device, suggesting to the reader where this particular section is headed. You may also use single words or phrases to connect your ideas to one another. Think of transitional expressions such as the following as glue or signposts: also, in addition, moreover, therefore, similarly, in contrast, although, or however. As the author, you have the responsibility to demonstrate for...