In Text Citation

In-text citations are longer than source citations.

• True

• False

The four parts of an in-text citation are...

• open parentheses, author's last name, page number, and close parentheses

• open parentheses, author's first name, page number, and close parentheses

• open parentheses, author's last name, a comma, the page number, and a close parentheses

• parentheses, quote, comma, author's last name

The placement of an in-text or parenthetical citation within a paper is important.  Select which in-text 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

Select the entry that correctly uses MLA (2016) style for in-text documentation.The student is providing in-text documentation for the following online source, which includes no page numbers:

Walker, Rob. "Stuck on You." The New York Times Magazine, 3 June 2010, www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/magazine/06fob-consumed-t.html. Accessed 9 June 2010.

• According to a 2008 study, drivers with bumper stickers on their cars are much more likely to display road rage (Walker).

• According to a 2008 study ("Stuck on You"), drivers with bumper stickers on their cars are much more likely to display road rage.

Unless you must list the Web site name in the signal phrase in order to get the reader to the appropriate entry, do not include URLs in-text.

• True

• False

Revkin, Andrew C. “Clinton on Climate Change.” The New York Times, 17 May 2007, www.nytimes.com/video/world/americas/1194817109438/clinton-on-climate-change.html. Accessed 29 July 2016.
Which citation is correct? 

• (Revkin)

• Revkin

• (Clinton on Climate Change 1)

• (Clinton on Climate Change 2007)

Unless you must list the Web site name in the signal phrase in order to get the reader to the appropriate entry, do not include URLs in-text.

• True

• False

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

• only once

Include in the text the first item that appears in the ______________ entry that corresponds to the citation (e.g. author name, article name, website name, film name).

• article

• Works Cited

• comments

• Title

What is the primary purpose of an in-text citation in academic writing?

• To provide a summary of the source

• To give credit to the original author

• To make the paper longer

• To confuse the reader