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Sample Papers
ELEMENTS & FORMAT
Sample Professional Paper
abstract, 2.9;
section labels, 2.28
keywords, 2.10
professional
title page, 2.3
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Sample Professional Paper (continued)
Level 2 heading in the
introduction, 2.27,
Table 2.3, Figure 2.4
narrative citation, 8.11;
paraphrasing, 8.23
parenthetical citation
of a work with one
author, 8.17
parenthetical citation
for works with the
same author and
same date, 8.19
parenthetical citation
of multiple works, 8.12
Level 2 heading in the
introduction, 2.27,
Table 2.3, Figure 2.4
title, 2.4, Table 2.1
running head, 2.8
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Sample Professional Paper (continued)
parenthetical citation of
multiple works, 8.12
Level 2 heading in the
introduction, 2.27,
Table 2.3, Figure 2.4
narrative citation used
to paraphrase methods
from two studies, 8.23
long paraphrase, 8.24
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Sample Professional Paper (continued)
Level 2 heading, 2.27,
Table 2.3, Figure 2.5
Level 1 heading after
the introduction, 2.27,
Table 2.3, Figure 2.5
Level 2 heading, 2.27,
Table 2.3, Figure 2.5
italics used for anchors
of a scale, 6.22
statistics presented
in text, 6.43
Level 2 heading, 2.27,
Table 2.3, Figure 2.5
en dash used in a
numerical range, 6.6
ELEMENTS & FORMAT
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Sample Professional Paper (continued)
Level 1 heading, 2.27,
Table 2.3, Figure 2.5
statistics presented in
text, 6.43
Level 2 heading, 2.27,
Table 2.3, Figure 2.5
table called out in
text, 7.5; table
numbers, 7.10
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Sample Professional Paper (continued)
footnote callout, 2.13
referring to a previous
footnote, 2.13
footnote in page
footer, 2.13
Level 2 heading, 2.27,
Table 2.3, Figure 2.5
figure called out in
text, 7.5; figure
numbers, 7.24
Level 1 heading, 2.27,
Table 2.3, Figure 2.5
parenthetical citation
of multiple papers by
the same author, 8.12
ELEMENTS & FORMAT
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Sample Professional Paper (continued)
percent symbol
repeated in a range,
6.44
parenthetical citation
of multiple works, 8.12
parenthetical citation
of a work with two
authors, 8.17
Level 3 heading, 2.27,
Table 2.3, Figure 2.5
Level 2 heading, 2.27,
Table 2.3, Figure 2.5
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Sample Professional Paper (continued)
Level 3 heading, 2.27,
Table 2.3, Figure 2.5
parenthetical citation
of two works, 8.12
“see also” citation, 8.12
parenthetical citation
of a work with one
author, 8.17
Level 2 heading, 2.27,
Table 2.3, Figure 2.5
quotation marks used
to indicate an ironic
comment, 6.7
ELEMENTS & FORMAT
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Sample Professional Paper (continued)
journal article reference
without a DOI, 10.1
journal article reference,
10.1
reference list, 2.12,
Chapter 9; section
labels, 2.28
letters used after the
year for multiple works
with the same author
and year, 9.47
book reference, 10.2
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Sample Professional Paper (continued)
journal article
reference with missing
issue number, 9.26
title ending with a
question mark, 9.19
ELEMENTS & FORMAT
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Sample Professional Paper (continued)
table number, 7.10
figure number,
7.24
table title, 7.11
figure title, 7.25
table note, 7.14
figure note,
7.28