In-Text Citations & Referencing

An in-text citation is a reference to give credit for paraphrased or quoted material.

• True

• False

It is important that all your sources appear in your reference list.

• True

• False

What elements make up an 'In-Text Citation'?

• author's last name

• author's full name

• author's last name and the year of publication

• page number

You put your in-text citation inside of...

• "quotation marks"

• (parentheses)

• [brackets]

• $dollar signs$

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

How do you organise a reference list?

• By year

• By alphabetical ordering of authors

• By their appearance in the article

• By the titles

If the name of the author is Simon K. Cornwall and the publishing date is 2014, how do you cite it in-text?

• (Cornwall, 2014) said that ...

• Cornwall, (2014) said that ...

• Simon (2014) said that ...

• Simon, 2014 said that ...

Which in-text citation is correct?

The writer is Wafi Haidi and the publication year is 2035.

• It explains as follows (Haidi, 2035).

• It explains as follows (Haidi, (2035)).

• It explains as follows (Wafi, 2035).

• It explains as follows (Wafi (2035)).

Where do you place the in text citation in your sentence? 

• wherever you want 
• at the end of your sentence
• in the middle of the sentence
• right next to the info you cited in the sentence

In what order are references listed at the end of the essay?

• chronological order

• alphabetical order

• descending order

• in the order they appear in the essay

What happens if your source does not have an author listed? 

• Make one up
• Leave it off, putting the page number only
• Use the source title instead 
• Use your teacher's name 

Tags

CCSS.W.7.8