In-Text Citations Quiz

a short acknowledgement you include whenever you quote or take information from a source in academic writing is called a(n)

• in-text citation

• reference

• quote

• narrative citation

Author-page citations are used in ​ (a)   and author-date citations are used in ​ (b)  

• MLA
• APA

Including citations does all of the following except:

• • Allows readers to verify your claims and do follow-up research

• • Avoids plagiarism by acknowledging the original author’s contribution

• • Shows you are engaging with the literature of your field

• Highlight important authors

An in-text citation should be included whenever you ​ (a)   or ​ (b)   a source in your text.​

• quote
• paraphrase
• insert
• cite

Which type of in-text citation includes the author’s last name and a page number when available?

• author-page citations

• author-date citations

• parenthetical citations

• narrative citations

Which is an example of a narrative citation?

In a (a)   the author’s name appears in parentheses along with the rest of the information.

Match the following

• paraphrasing

• including the original author’s words directly in your text

• signal phrase

• attributes a quote or idea to an outside source

• quoting

• putting information from a source into your own words

Statements that are considered common knowledge ​ (a)   need a citation. ​ ​

• do
• do not

In a ​ (a)   citation, the author’s name appears as part of your sentence, not in parentheses.

• narrative
• Parenthetical
• author-date
• author-page