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In-Text Citations

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

How should the title of a novel (like To Kill a Mockingbird) be formatted?

a)

In quotes

b)

Underlined

c)

Bolded

d)

Italicized

2.

How should the title of an article (like your database source) be formatted?

a)

In quotes

b)

Underlined

c)

Bolded

d)

Italicized

3.

Which of the following is the best way to introduce a quote?

a)

Just start the sentence with the quotation marks and quote

b)

By saying what page number it is from

c)

With a few introductory words such as "The author writes" or "After the trial, Jem says"

d)

By saying what chapter it is from

4.

Which is correct parenthetical citation?

a)

(Harper Lee pg10)

b)

(Lee, pg 10)

c)

(Lee 10)

d)

(10)

5.

What punctuation do you use when you are removing a piece of the text in your quotation?

a)

hyphen (-)

b)

elipse (...)

c)

dash (--)

d)

comma (,)

6.

Which is the correct way to replace a pronoun with a name?

a)

"[Scout] looked at..."

b)

"SCOUT looked at..."

c)

"(Scout) looked at..."

d)

"She/Scout looked at..."

7.

Where does the parenthetical citation go?

a)

Directly after the quote

b)

At the end of the sentence

c)

Either of these places

8.

If an article does not have an author, what should go inside the parenthetical citation?

a)

URL Link

b)

Title of the Article

c)

Name of the Website

d)

Nothing

9.

Where does the period go?

a)

...somewhere else." (Lee 29)

b)

...somewhere else". (Lee 29)

c)

...somewhere else" (Lee 29).

10.

What must you ALWAYS include before you begin citing a quote?

a)

Quotation marks (")

b)

A comma (,)

c)

An elipse (...)

11.

Select the correct citation.

a)

"...the enemy," (Lee 3).

b)

"...the enemy..." (Lee 3).

c)

"...the enemy." (Lee 3)

d)

"...the enemy" (Lee 3).

12.

You do NOT need to cite if you are paraphrasing.

a)

True

b)

False