Answered By: Paul Lai
Last Updated: Jul 17, 2023     Views: 8424

In academic writing, use italics to indicate specific items within your text.

APA recommends using italics for the following:

 Item within your text  Example sentence
Titles of books, journals, movies, and more The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association is a helpful tool for students to use in their scholarly writing.
Introducing a new term A group of words working together that contains a subject and a verb is called a clause.
Measurements on a scale Participants could choose between agree and disagree on the survey.
General/scientific names, species, and varieties Humans are homo sapiens.
Letters in statistical symbols and algebraic values n = 35
The first use of a word, phrase, or abbreviation from another language when readers may not be familiar with it The phrase geçmiş olsun is sometimes used to wish someone a fast recovery from a health problem.

 

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