Hi Mindy,

Usually the initial wouldn’t be included in an in-text citation, unless it’s there to distinguish between two authors with the same last name. Using a paragraph number is OK if there are no page numbers available, but make sure to include a period after “para.” to mark it as an abbreviation. So, your citation would look like this:

(Tankovska, 2021, para. 1)

Hi Lobna,

You’re right that it’s necessary to distinguish between references that would otherwise be identical, but APA recommends doing this by adding a letter after the year in each in-text citation, and in the reference list. So your in-text citations would be (American Rhetoric, 2020a) and (American Rhetoric, 2020b).

In the reference list, add the letter even in references that do include a full date, to ensure it’s clear which source each in-text citation refers to. E.g. (2020a, March 3). In your examples, the March date is “a” because it’s earlier chronologically. This is the case even if you cite the other one first in the text.

(American Rhetoric, 2020, September 2).

(American Rhetoric, 2020, March 3).

Please let me know.