APA STYLE: SEVENTH EDITION

3. Paraphrase

 

Narrative Citation

Parenthetical Citation

One author

 

Sendak (2015) argued that children must develop imagination.

Children must develop imagination (Sendak, 2015).

Two authors

 

Sendak and Wise (2015) believed that children must develop imagination.

 

Children must develop imagination (Sendak & Wise, 2015).

Three+ authors

 

Children must develop imagination, observed Sendak et al. (2015).

 

Children must develop imagination (Sendak et al., 2015).

Group author, first reference

 

Children must develop imagination, the American Library Association (ALA, 2015) has explained.

 

Children must develop imagination (American Library Association [ALA], 2015).

Author unknown

 

In “Feeding Young Minds” (2015), the author suggested that children must develop imagination.

Children must develop imagination (“Feeding,” 2015).