Quoting Evidence

Add a citation to the following direct quote:

"But Howie shook his head. 'He never moved Antsy.'"

Author: Shusterman

Page: 9

Which paraphrase is correctly cited?

• Old man Crawly's granddaughter was blind (Shusterman 84).

• "Old Man Crawley's granddaughter was blind"

I see this in chapter 17. "I picked up pieces of broken glass" (Anderson 123).

• Cited correctly

• Replace period after "17" with a comma

• Need an introduction before the quote

• Comma needed after "glass"

SELECT ALL THAT IS WRONG WITH THE SENTENCE:

The author writes "The second floor looked as I had left it, except that Mother was missing. (Anderson, 123).

• comma needed after "writes"

• missing the second quotation mark

• needs to remove the period after "missing"

• remove comma after "Anderson"

• remove comma after "it"

Mattie is a positive character, which is shown when she thinks, "It could be worse, I thought. The house is still standing. We're alive" (Anderson 125).

• Cited correctly

• remove period after "standing"

• add comma after "Anderson"

• Mattie's name is spelled wrong

What is the third step of the quoting and citing process?

• add an introduction to the quote

• add a comma before the quote

• add a quotation mark, the sentence you are quoting, and another quotation mark

• add the in-text citation

• add a period outside the parentheses

SELECT ALL STATEMENTS THAT ARE TRUE ABOUT PUNCTUATION AND CITING:

• a comma is needed before the quote

• all punctuation in the quote should be removed

• the LAST period of the quote goes BEFORE the parentheses

• the LAST period of the quote goes AFTER the parentheses

• no comma is needed inside the in-text citation

Which is the right way to create an in-text citation?

• quotation mark, last name, page number, quotation mark

• parentheses, last name, comma, page number, parentheses

• period, parentheses, last name, page number, parentheses

• parentheses, last name, page number, parentheses

Select all correct answers that make appropriate sentence starters when you're citing evidence

• Because of this...

• The author states...

• In conclusion...

• This means...

• According to the text...

Quoting means...

• To copy a source with no changes

• To copy the source's ideas but not the exact words

• To copy the source with some slight changes

• To copy a source but in your own words