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Guidelines and requirements for essay format are based APA formatting and citation style

Font: 12pt Times New Roman


Spacing: Double spaced everywhere
No extra spaces between paragraphs
Heading on the first page in the upper left corner:
Your name (student):
Professor’s name:
The class N:
Date:
Margins: One inch (2.5 cm) margin on the top, bottom, left and right.
Title: There needs to be a proper essay title format, centered and above the first line of the essay
of the same font and size as the essay itself.
Indentation: Indent the first line of every paragraph by 5-7 spaces.
Align: Align to the left-hand side, and make sure it is aligned evenly.

Basic Citation Guidelines:


In-text citation examples:
Basic Format: (Last name, Year)
Example: (Santos, 2003)

Reference List

Basic Format:Last name, A. A. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, Volume number (issue
number if available), pages.Example: Scruton, R. (1996). The eclipse of listening. The New
Criterion, 15(3), 5-13.

For more detailed information on APA style see


APA Formatting and Citation (7th Ed.) | Generator, Template, Examples (scribbr.com) or

APA Style (7th Edition) - Purdue OWL® - Purdue University

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