Text Evidence Rules Review

What is wrong with this? (select all that apply)-> As a wise man once said, "Oh, the thinks you can think!" (Seuss p.5)

• The O in "Oh" should be lowercase

• A period is missing after the citation

• The citation is incorrect

• The comma is unnecessary

What citation should you include for something written by Harper Lee on page 34?

• (Harper Lee 34).

• (Lee).

• (Lee p. 34).

• (Lee 34).

A signal phrase helps you to...

• attribute ideas to a specific person/source

• move from one idea to the next

• cite page numbers from a quote

• give the full bibliographic information about a source

(Select all that apply) What is wrong with this? -> Walter says “So you butchered up a dream of mine– you– who always talking ‘bout your children’s dreams…” (Hansberry 1.1)

• Missing a comma after the signal phrase

• Citation is incorrect

• Missing a period after the citation

• "S" in "So" should be lowercase

When should you NOT put a comma before a quotation?

• Commas are always required before a quotation

• When the word "that" is used right before the quotation

• When the quotation is a sentence fragment

• When the word "the" is used right before the quotation

True or False: A quote can stand alone as a sentence.

• True

• False

True or False: IF a quote is a complete sentence, the first word in the quote should be capitalized.

• True

• False

True or False: There should be a period after the quote AND after the citation.

• True

• False

True or False: It is okay to leave punctuation inside of the quotation marks if it is a question mark or an exclamation mark.

• True

• False

What is this an example of: (Fitzgerald 47).

• In-text citation

• Parenthetical citation

• Quotation

• Parenthesis citation