Writing Requirements for the Argument Research Essay Final publish: Correct use of APA guidelines for the following: Headers with pagination Title Page Margins, spacing, and paragraph indentation APA in-text citation and referencing for all sources Do not divide your essay into sections. Do not use headings within your paper to indicate changes in the topic. While longer APA essays and particular types of APA writing, such as scholarly articles, employ APA-style bolded headings to divide portions of the writing, you are writing a shorter academic essay. Your shift from one paragraph to the next should be signaled through your use of the effective transition and topic sentence rules we have practiced. 6-8 full pages for the essay itself, not including title page or references Effective structure, including your introduction paragraph, your body paragraphs, and your conclusion paragraph At least 5 scholarly sources visibly used, cited, and referenced
