Essay writing styles

Writing style depends on what you are writing like research paper, essay, case study, book, journal etc. and it also depends on what subject it belongs to, for instance, medical, humanities, social sciences, literature, Psychology, Business, and so on. There are APA, MLA and some other writing styles which have created some writing standards that can use to format and cite sources for the paper. These styles help to avoid plagiarism by properly crediting sources.

Currently I am working on my Transportation and Logistics Management; probably I will continue this subject till my master’s degree at APUS. To be honest, I never know about writing styles and their types, citing styles, their roles and importance to make a complete and good writing before joining APUS. And also I want to let you know APUS is my first school in United States. This week, I search and try to understand different writing styles, their uses and importance. As I understand now, most of my writings are APA styles. My major courses prefer APA style writing. Most part I will be using APA format and style during my study time at APUS, but it depends on what style professor recommends. I feel much better and effective citation style in Chicago Style, which allows footnotes or in-text citations, where APA only allows in-text citations. And also Chicago style is different in its header style; APA requires a running title to the left of the page number on each page, Chicago Style list the page number only.

In conclusion, APA writing style popular and widely using for documenting essays, term papers, journal articles, and other academic and professional writing. There some more writing styles like MLA, AAA, ASA, Chicago etc. but most of the instructor and professors recommends APA style to the student for their academic writing. So I also will follow APA style writing during my study at APUS.

References:

Morse, G. (2009). Faculty Application of the American Psychological Association Style. Journal Of Nursing Education, 48(10), 542-551.
American Psychological Association (n.d.) Basics of APA Style, Retrieved 02 July 2012, from http://flash1r.apa.org/apastyle/basics/index.htm Brain Scott(n.d.), The Differences Between Chicago (Turabian) Style and APA Style of Writing, Retrieved 02 July 2012, from http://www.isnare.com/?aid=343340&ca=Writing