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In-text Citation Practice

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What should follow immediately after the quotes for a direct quote?

a)

(

b)

author

c)

).

d)

book page number or article title

2.

Which is the correct citation for Lord of the Flies by William Golding?

a)

"By now they were listening to the tirade" (Golding 45).

b)

"By now they were listening to the tirade (Golding 45)."

c)

By now they were listening to the tirade" (Golding).

d)

"By now they were listening to the tirade" (45).

3.

Which is the correct citation for Lord of the Flies by William Golding?

a)

"When Simon mentioned his hunger the others became aware of theirs." (Golding 30).

b)

"When Simon mentioned his hunger the others became aware of theirs" (30 Golding).

c)

"When Simon mentioned his hunger the others became aware of theirs" (Golding 30).

d)

When Simon mentioned his hunger the others became aware of theirs (Golding 30).

4.

When using someone's exact words, _____________ must be used.

a)

parenthasis

b)

commas

c)

authors

d)

quotation marks

5.

Complete the sentence: Wordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process

a)

(Wordsworth 263).

b)

(263). 

c)

(Wordsworth). 

d)

(Wordsworth, 263). 

6.

Complete the sentence: Human beings have been described as "symbol-using animals

a)

" (Burke 3). 

b)

" (Burke, 3). 

c)

(Burke 3). 

d)

(3 Burke). 

7.
Which quote and citation is properly formatted?  The information for the cited quote is the following
He was stone dead.
Edgar Allan Poe
page 85
a)
"He was stone dead. (85 Poe)"
b)
"He was stone dead" (Poe 85).
c)
"He was stone dead." (Poe, 85)
d)
"He was stone dead" (Poe, 85).
8.
How do you properly format this quotation and citation?
I smiled- for what had I now to fear?
Edgar Allan Poe
page 87
a)
"I smiled- for what had I now to fear?" (Poe 87).
b)
"I smiled- for what had I now to fear" (Poe 87)?
c)
"I smiled- for what had I now to fear? (Poe, 87)".
d)
"I smiled, for what had I now to fear?" (Poe, 87)
9.
In-text citations are also known as...
a)
Textual citations
b)
Parentheses citations
c)
In-text parentheses
d)
Parenthetical citations
10.
Paraphrasing another person's ideas or words does NOT require an in-text citation.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Where do you place the in text citation in your sentence? 
a)
wherever you want 
b)
at the end of your sentence
c)
in the middle of the sentence
d)
right next to the info you cited in the sentence
12.
What punctuation do you use to insert the in text citation? 
a)
parenthesis ()
b)
quotation marks " " 
c)
underlining __
d)
none 
13.
If you already mention the author's name, do you have to list it again in your in text citation? 
a)
Yes
b)
No 
c)
Maybe, depends on a weird circumstance 
14.
What happens if your source does not have a page number? Most websites do not after all! 
a)
Make up a page number 
b)
Put "NO PAGE NUMBER"
c)
leave it off 
d)
Make it Page 1 
15.
What happens if your source does not have an author listed? 
a)
Make one up
b)
Leave it off, putting the page number only
c)
Use the source title instead 
d)
Use your teacher's name 
16.

Smith, Snuffy. How to Go to College. Scribners, 2005. 234.


What from the citation goes inside these parenthesis?


According to Snuffy Smith, “The possibilities are endless” (________________).

a)

Smith 234

b)

Smith

c)

234

d)

How to Go to College

17.
College students often change their major several times before settling on an area of study. “The possibilities are endless” (Smith 234). 
Is this in text citation correct? 
a)
yes
b)
no
18.

To quote from text to help support or prove a point

a)

credible sources

b)

cite

c)

source

d)

plagiarism

19.

restatement or rewording of an idea from a text

a)

paraphrasing

b)

preferred style

c)

direct quotation

d)

text

20.

the practice of taking someone else's work and passing it off as your own

a)

cite

b)

in-text citation

c)

direct quote

d)

plagiarism