Citations

Knowing how to cite sources is important because

• it lets you add specific details

• it avoids plagiarism

• it makes you look more credible

• all of these

Which piece goes first in MLA formatted citations?

• Title

• Author's name

• Date published

• Publisher

A parenthetical citation needs to include

• author and page number (if available)

• author and title

• title and page number (if available)

• publisher and page number (if available)

If you paraphrase, you have to include a parenthetical citation.

• True

• False

Why is it important to cite sources in your writing?

• To make your paper longer

• To give credit to the original authors

• To confuse the reader

• To fill up space

Tags

DOK Level 2: Skill/Concept

What is a Citation?

• The tickets that are passed out to unsuspecting pedestrians

• The life story told by a famous yet unknown author

• The marking of an author's unique phrase and well known saying

• The identification of a specific idea or quote taken from a source

what is citation?

• -a reference to the author’s name, title of work, date published, publisher, and/or page numbers of quoted or paraphrased text in a shortened in-text notation or in a longer bibliographic entry

• -to present the ideas or words of another as one’s own without crediting the source

• -picture or other image within a text

• -an author’s unique articulation or expression of language created by stylistic elements such as syntax, diction, and figurative language

What is an in-text citation?

• A traffic ticket

• A citation in a bibliography

• a shortened citation at the end of a sentence in a paragraph

• a text message on your phone

What two pieces of information should be included in the in-text citation?

• Page numbers, URL

• First letter of the author's last name and page numbers

• Article title and author

• Author's last name and page number

What two pieces of information should be included in the in-text citation?

• Page numbers, URL

• First letter of the author's last name and page numbers

• Book title and author

• Author's last name and page number