Parenthetical Citations

True or false:

These are the steps for Parenthetical Citations

1. Take the information you want

2. Put quotation marks around it

3. Take out the period

4. Insert the author last name,

5. Add the comma and page number in the parenthesis.

6. Place period at the end.

• True

• False

Is this citation correctly formatted?

The online article “The Telling Heart” explains that “Poe was a master craftsman when it came to writing the short story.”

• Correct

• Incorrect

What is the correct citation for a quote on page 112 from the book Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling ?

• .(Rowling 112)

• ("Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban")

• (Rowling 112).

• (Potter 112).

When should you use quotation marks?

• When you are taking something directly (word for word) from the source

• When you use someone else's words/ideas without giving them credit.

• When you are putting information from a source into your own words.

• To restate the main points in your own words.

Is the citation below correct?

In “What’s Love?” John Smith claims that, “love is the biggest obsession in history" (Smith 12).

• Correct

• Incorrect

“Pop was fond of saying ‘there’s no such thing as a free lunch, Jimmy,’ but it seemed a little disingenuous because he wasn’t much of a lunch-eater anyway" (Smith).

(The text above was center-formatted by Quizziz)

• “Pop was fond of saying ‘there’s no such thing as a free lunch, Jimmy' is the original text.

• "There's no such thing as a free lunch, Jimmy" is the original text.

• Smith's words should not have been quoted.

• None of the above.

Consider quoting the photo's material on the left.

Which answer below is correct?

• Angelou stated, "You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated" (Maya Angelou).

• "You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated!"

• 'You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated' (Angelou).

• "You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated" (Angelou).

All punctuation marks must be kept inside the quotation marks, at all times.

• True

• False

George, Manigault, Williams and Kumer are authors.

Cited, they would be listed as...

• .(George, Kumer, Manigault, Williams).

• (George et al).

• (George, Kumer and Manigault)

• (George, Manigault, Williams et al).

Consider the following and tell which of the answers is true:

“Let us explore the meaning of ‘It's important to have coffee with dessert!’” (Jones 5), said the teacher.

• "It's important to have coffee with dessert" is the original text.

• The writer of the paper is quoting the teacher's words only.

• The exclamation point should be removed.

• The writer has not incorporated the words of Jones or the words of the teacher.