What is APA?

When writtting a scholarly paper, it is important to know how to write with the APA format and checklist. APA stands for American Psychological Association and it is the guidlines and format for how to write an educated paper. Along with APA there are different types of writting formats and styles such as, MLA, Chicago,  and Turabian. MLA and APA are the most commonly used styles of formatting, and they both have checklist that you can verify that your assignment is up to the standards. APA is very important to learn and know for future assignments and eventhough it is a little like MLA, it has it's own style and formatting.