1. APA Format Research
Paper
Review of Literature on a Scientific
or Sociological Subject

2. The
Abstract
Don’t
spend a
paragraph
saying
something
that can be
said in a
word.
Be concise.

3. The abstract
summarizes
the entire
essay
Wring out all
extraneous
details and
support. Those
are for the bulk
of the paper.

4. Should
stand
alone as a
piece of
writing

5. Should be a
brief teaser
for the
supremely
interesting
essay that
follows

6. Keywords

7. For a Research Essay, the
of
your
essay
follows the Abstract and
Keywords

8. The bulk of your essay
Introduction
Support/Body paragraphs
Conclusion/Discussion

9. Include
in-text
citations

10. Subheadings are welcomed here
They define the ingredients, or support, that
make up the paper.

11. Discussion
Analyzes and
make correlations
between points of
research.
Can also point of
flaws or gaps in
logic.

12. Discussion
Here you would discuss the
meaning of the research you found
and interpret it for your audience –
strengths as well as limitations

13. Finish with References…on
separate page

14. Let’s look at a sample from
OWL at Purdue
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/18/