In-Text Citations Lesson

In-text Citations

What they are and how to use them

In-text citations

• Words DIRECTLY from the text in quotes

• Cite the author name and page number

• The citation goes in parenthesis at the end of the sentence

Multiple Choice

In-text citations include words directly from the text you are reading.

• True

• False

How to use in-text citations

• Introduce where the quote is coming from - EX. For example...

• Place the text directly from the reading in quotation marks

• At THE END of the sentence, add the author name and page number in parenthesis

• THE PERIOD GOES AFTER THE PARENTHESIS

Multiple Choice

What is the correct format for a parenthetical MLA citation?

• (Smith 5).

• (Smith p. 5).

• .(Smith 5)

• (Smith, 5).

Multiple Choice

Which of these contains a correct in-text citation?

• "It isn’t fair, it isn’t right" Shirley Jackson

• Ms. Hutchinson was clearly in a state of panic as she screamed, "It isn’t fair, it isn’t right" (Jackson 1).

• Jackson stated "It isn’t fair, it isn’t right"

Multiple Choice

Which of these contains a correct in-text citation?

• Anticipation was in the air as, "A sudden hush fell on the crowd as Mr. Summers cleared his throat and looked at the list" (Jackson 1).

• "A sudden hush fell on the crowd as Mr. Summers cleared his throat and looked at the list"

• Anticipation was in the air as "A sudden hush fell on the crowd as Mr. Summers cleared his throat and looked at the list"

Multiple Choice

Which of these contains a correct in-text citation?

• The audience was clearly desensitized to the situation since "The people had done it so many times that they only half listened to the directions." (Jackson 1).

• The audience was clearly desensitized to the situation since "The people had done it so many times that they only half listened to the directions".

• The audience was clearly desensitized to the situation as evidenced by the fact that, "The people had done it so many times that they only half listened to the directions" (Jackson 1).

Explaining your evidence

• Without DIRECTLY saying you're explaining it, explain how this quote supports your claim

• It should connect your evidence to your topic sentence/claim from your thesis

• The explanation should happen immediately after the quote

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Multiple Choice

Which explanation is best for this quote?

Ms. Hutchinson was clearly in a state of panic as she screamed, "It isn’t fair, it isn’t right" (Jackson 1).

• By expressing her hysteria, Ms. Hutchinson is allowing her inner emotions to bubble to the surface.

• She is freaking out.

• She is uncomfortable

Multiple Choice

Identify the correct parenthetical citation for this source:
Tannen, Deborah. The Argument Culture. Toronto:
        Random House, 1998.

• Every issue we see discussed on television appears to be set up as an argument: "In the argument culture, criticism, attack, or opposition are the predominant if not the only ways of responding to people or ideas" (Tannen 7).
  

• Every issue we see discussed on television appears to be set up as an argument: "In the argument culture, criticism, attack, or opposition are the predominant if not the only ways of responding to people or ideas" (7).

• Every issue we see discussed on television appears to be set up as an argument: "In the argument culture, criticism, attack, or opposition are the predominant if not the only ways of responding to people or ideas" (The Argument Culture 7).

• Every issue we see discussed on television appears to be set up as an argument: "In the argument culture, criticism, attack, or opposition are the predominant if not the only ways of responding to people or ideas" (Tannen, p. 7).

Multiple Choice

What information do you include if there is no known author of a source? 

• Publication date

• Title of the source

• Publisher name

• You do not need to cite this source

Multiple Choice

The placement of an in-text or parenthetical citation within a paper is important.  Select which in-text citation is properly done from the options below.

• Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately (Smith 10).

• Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately. (Smith 10)

• Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately. (Smith p.10)

• (Smith 10) Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately

Multiple Choice

If I included the author’s last name in my lead-in sentence, then I do not need to include it in the parenthetical citation.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What happens if your source does not have a page number? Most websites do not after all! 

• Make up a page number 

• Put "NO PAGE NUMBER"

• leave it off 

• Make it Page 1 

Multiple Choice

Smith, Snuffy. How to Go to College. Scribners, 2005. 234.

What from the citation goes inside these parenthesis?

According to Snuffy Smith, “The possibilities are endless” (________________).

• Smith 234

• Smith

• 234

• How to Go to College

Multiple Choice

Smith, Snuffy. How to Go to College. Scribners, 2005. 234.

What from the citation goes inside these parenthesis?

How to Go to College explains that “[students] really have no idea what opportunities exist in the big wide world. The possibilities are endless” (________________).

• How to Go to College

• Smith 234

• Smith

• 234

Multiple Choice

 Select the entry that correctly uses MLA (2016) style for in-text documentation.The student is providing in-text documentation for the following online source, which includes no page numbers:

Walker, Rob. "Stuck on You." The New York Times Magazine, 3 June 2010, www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/magazine/06fob-consumed-t.html. Accessed 9 June 2010.

• According to a 2008 study, drivers with bumper stickers on their cars are much more likely to display road rage (Walker).

• According to a 2008 study ("Stuck on You"), drivers with bumper stickers on their cars are much more likely to display road rage.

Multiple Choice

Which explanation is best for this quote?

Anticipation was in the air as, "A sudden hush fell on the crowd as Mr. Summers cleared his throat and looked at the list" (Jackson 1).

• This quote explains how everyone was nervous.

• People were freaking out

• This was the moment that all of the anticipation had led to and in a matter of moments, they would know their fate.

Multiple Choice

Which explanation is best for this quote?

The audience was clearly desensitized to the situation as evidenced by the fact that, "The people had done it so many times that they only half listened to the directions" (Jackson 1).

• They citizens of the town did not react.

• Even though the situation was bleak, the citizens seemed to have the directions memorized and did not concern themselves with listening again.

• They weren't concerned with what was going on in front of them. They did not want to hear the directions again.