Writing Review

John Baker asserts, "The great fire created havoc for over 80% of London's population" (42).

If the author's last name is used in the sentence, then you ______ need it in the in-text citation.

• DO

• DO NOT

If you don't have an author to cite, what do you do for an in-text citation?

• Use the title of the article, and PUT IT IN ALL CAPS

• Use the title of the article instead, and put it in quotes

• Use the URL

• Just skip it and do nothing

If the name of the article is really long, are you allowed to shorten it for an in-text citation?

• Yes

• No

When you are quoting someone's exact words, and you must put quotation marks around them.

• False

• True

When you paraphrase, you are using someone's ideas, and not their exact words. Do you still need to cite your source?

• Yes

• No

• Only sometimes

Which of the following does NOT need to be cited?

• exact words of an author
• paraphrased ideas that you borrow from an author

• Pictures, graphs, and photos found on the Internet
• Your own words and ideas

If available, what piece of information is the first thing that should go in a citation?

• Author's name

• Page number

• Website article title

• Website title

Select which parenthetical 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

An article written by Harrison Roberts. The PDF version shows page numbers.

Which citation is CORRECT?

• English is a complicated language (Roberts 33).

• English is a complicated language (Roberts, 33).

• Roberts believes that English is a complicated language (p. 33).

• According to Roberts, English is a complicated language (Roberts).

Choose the correct parenthetical citation

• In The Giver's world, it "was considered rude to call attention to things..." (Lowry 20.)

• In The Giver's world, it "was considered rude to call attention to things..." (Lowry 20).

• In The Giver's world, it "was considered rude to call attention to things...". (Lowry 20)

• In The Giver's world, it "was considered rude to call attention to things..." (lowry 20).