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Academic Writing - Education & CCSC students: Epigraphs

Resources to support Morling College Counselling, Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care, and Education students to understand and employ the conventions of academic writing appropriate to graduate and post-graduate levels of study.

Epigraphs

Epigraphs

An epigraph is a stand-alone quotation used at the beginning of a book chapter or other work to set the stage for what follows (APA, 2020).

The use of epigraphs in Morling Education assignments is not recommended. Rather, the academic-writing skill of writing in your own words and embedding in-text citations and quotations appropriately into paragraphs is encouraged.

Generally, quotations should  be employed sparingly. More on Quotations here.   

Reference

American Psychological Association (APA). (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.).

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