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Audio: The Emphasis and Specification module teaches students how to use APA’s rules about capitalization, italics, punctuation, and abbreviations to emphasize and specify ideas in their writing.
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Audio: This module might be a good fit if you are new to APA style and would like to practice using capitalization, italics, punctuation, and abbreviations.
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Audio: This interactive, self-paced module includes a premodule quiz, six tutorials, a postmodule quiz, and a certificate of completion. Once you complete the premodule quiz, the six tutorials will become available. In these tutorials you’ll learn how to ensure readability and clarity in your writing by using APA’s rules about capitalization, italics, punctuation, and abbreviations.
Once you complete the tutorials, take the postmodule quiz until you pass with an 80% score, at which time you can save a certificate of completion.
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Audio: Appropriately presenting information is important in creating clarity in your writing. When you’re ready to start learning about emphasis and specification in APA style, register for and complete this module!
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