APA includes a lot more intricate and specific ways of citation, depending on the source
APA includes author and year
APA has heading in middle, while in MLA it is in the top left
APA includes an abstract; essentially a summary of the analysis as a whole. it doesn’t require citations, and is often presented as an introduction to the whole text
MLA is called “Works Cited”, APA calls it “References”
APA references are directly integrated into the text, as well as including a References page
APA includes key terms
The title page for APA is bolded, but for MLA format it is not
APA includes the year source was published after author(s) last name(s) within in-text citations
APA uses “&” rather than “and”
Both are double spaced
Both have pages that are numbered in the top right-hand corner
The first line of every paragraph is indented for both