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Question about essay format in English Comp I @ study.com - originalamyj - 09-06-2017
Hi everyone,
I'm completing my essays for Engl Comp I and have a question for those of you that took this course through study.com: the first essay is expository, and I understand I am to have an APA style bibliography. Did you also do the whole paper in APA style? I've always used MLA so APA is very unfamiliar to me. I can find many examples to follow but a simple 6-800 word essay doesn't seem to fit exactly with having a "running head" and abstract and so forth.
Here's a link to the assignment. I plan to have the bibliography and in-text citations in APA format but wondered if you thought it would be ok to just keep the body simple. I am seeing some overlap between MLA and APA in terms of 1" margins, 12pt Times type, etc. What did you do?
https://study.com/academy/lesson/college-composition-i-assignment-1-expository-essay.html
The next two essays are personal narrative and then persuasive and don't appear to require a bibliography so I think I can safely assume MLA would be ok in those instances.
It's likely I am overthinking this.
RE: Question about essay format in English Comp I @ study.com - DIGI-212 - 09-06-2017
You can always resubmit if the grader counts off for format. I have not used a cover page or running head on any of my Study.com assignments. I have only used in-text citations and references in APA format at the end of the assignment. I used the usual 1 inch margins and 12pt Times Roman.
RE: Question about essay format in English Comp I @ study.com - originalamyj - 09-06-2017
Good to know! Thanks!!