COMM 200 Exam 2 Questions With All
Correct & Verified Answers
1. MLA/APA Both writing styles are used to develop formal academic writing and
reduce
plagiarism and grammatical errors
2. What does 6. APA// Citing Sources (multiple
APA stand
for?
3. What does
MLA stand
for
4. Why do we
use APA and
MLA?
5. APA//Citing
Sources
(paraphrased,
in text;
parenthetical
reference)
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, COMM 200 Exam 2 Questions With All
Correct & Verified Answers
APA: American endnotes
Psychological Association -Keeps us from weighing our paper down with titles or unnecessary info
(first edition of apa style -NOTE: COMM STUDIES DOES NOT HAVE ITS OWN STYLE SO WE USE
guide published in 1952) APA OR MLA
-Psychology = Comm.
Science =APA -Cite source after the sentence (author's last name,comma, year of
-Title page (counts as page publication) EX: Elocution professors established the Departments of
1) Speech during the 1920s and 1930s (Dues & Brown, 1998)
-Reference page -Mention authors name in the text and cite the year parenthetically:
-Research format: Intro is According to Dues and Brown (1998), elocution professors established
purpose, review of the De- partments of Speech during the 1920s and 1930s
literature,
hypothesis(es),methods, "Immediacy may override or distort students' perceptions of how
results, discussion frequently teachers misbehave" (Kelsey et al., 1991, p.44).
MLA: Modern Language
Association of America (first
published in 1951)
-English = Rhetoric =MLA
-No separate title page
(optional)
-Works Cited
-Research format: Intro is
research question/thesis,
review of litera-
ture,method/theory,
analysis, implications
-Allows us to give credit to
our scores
-It gives us a template to
follow so we don't forget
anything in our references
-Helps us avoid footnotes or
2/
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Correct & Verified Answers
1. MLA/APA Both writing styles are used to develop formal academic writing and
reduce
plagiarism and grammatical errors
2. What does 6. APA// Citing Sources (multiple
APA stand
for?
3. What does
MLA stand
for
4. Why do we
use APA and
MLA?
5. APA//Citing
Sources
(paraphrased,
in text;
parenthetical
reference)
1/
9
, COMM 200 Exam 2 Questions With All
Correct & Verified Answers
APA: American endnotes
Psychological Association -Keeps us from weighing our paper down with titles or unnecessary info
(first edition of apa style -NOTE: COMM STUDIES DOES NOT HAVE ITS OWN STYLE SO WE USE
guide published in 1952) APA OR MLA
-Psychology = Comm.
Science =APA -Cite source after the sentence (author's last name,comma, year of
-Title page (counts as page publication) EX: Elocution professors established the Departments of
1) Speech during the 1920s and 1930s (Dues & Brown, 1998)
-Reference page -Mention authors name in the text and cite the year parenthetically:
-Research format: Intro is According to Dues and Brown (1998), elocution professors established
purpose, review of the De- partments of Speech during the 1920s and 1930s
literature,
hypothesis(es),methods, "Immediacy may override or distort students' perceptions of how
results, discussion frequently teachers misbehave" (Kelsey et al., 1991, p.44).
MLA: Modern Language
Association of America (first
published in 1951)
-English = Rhetoric =MLA
-No separate title page
(optional)
-Works Cited
-Research format: Intro is
research question/thesis,
review of litera-
ture,method/theory,
analysis, implications
-Allows us to give credit to
our scores
-It gives us a template to
follow so we don't forget
anything in our references
-Helps us avoid footnotes or
2/
9
