Citing Evidence

Citing Evidence

Direct Quotes

When we cite evidence directly from a text,

We place it inside quotation marks " " and copy it word for word.

Because we didn't write it, we give the author credit by adding their name to the end in parenthesis ( ) and we make a note about which page number the quote can be found on.

Multiple Choice

Which direct quote is correct?

We went down the stairs in silence, no sounds but the shards of glass crunching beneath our feet and the impatient honks of horns coming from the traffic-packed street below the expressway.

~ From The Schwa was Here by Neal Shusterman, page 189.

• "We went down the stairs in silence. Shusterman 189"

• "We went down the stairs in silence." (Shusterman 189)

• We went down the stairs in slience (Shusterman)

Multiple Choice

Which direct quote is correct?

We went down the stairs in silence, no sounds but the shards of glass crunching beneath our feet and the impatient honks of horns coming from the traffic-packed street below the expressway.

~ From The Schwa was Here by Neal Shusterman, page 189.

• "And the impatient honks of horns coming from the traffic-packed street below." "Shusterman 189"

• "They walked on broken glass"

• "impatient honks of horns coming from the traffic-packed street below." (Shusterman 189)

Multiple Choice

Which direct quote is correct?

Actually, she was kind of pretty. Not perfect, of course, but then I wasn't one to judge. There was something strange about her eyes.

~ From The Schwa was Here by Neal Shusterman, page 83.

• "There was something strange about her eyes. 83

• "There was something strange about her eyes." (Shusterman 83)

• She was blind (Shusterman 83)

Paraphrasing Evidence

If we don't want to use a direct quote, we can paraphrase, or summarize the evidence.

When you paraphrase, you write a summary. Because you are summarizing someone else's work, you add their name to the end in parenthesis ( ).

Multiple Choice

Which paraphrase is correctly cited?

• Old man Crawly's granddaughter was blind (Shusterman 84).

• "Old Man Crawley's granddaughter was blind"

Multiple Choice

Which paraphrase is correctly cited?

• The Schwa bought a billboard in an abandoned part of town.

• The Schwa spent all his college money on a billboard. (Shusterman 187)

Multiple Choice

Which paraphrase is correctly cited?

• Old Man Crawley has fourteen dogs named after the seven sins and seven virtues. (Shusterman 57-58)

• "When Lexie meets Antsy she feels his teeth." Shusterman