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Text Evidence Rules Review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is wrong with this? (select all that apply)-> As a wise man once said, "Oh, the thinks you can think!" (Seuss p.5)

a)

The O in "Oh" should be lowercase

b)

A period is missing after the citation

c)

The citation is incorrect

d)

The comma is unnecessary

2.

What citation should you include for something written by Harper Lee on page 34?

a)

(Harper Lee 34).

b)

(Lee).

c)

(Lee p. 34).

d)

(Lee 34).

3.

A signal phrase helps you to...

a)

attribute ideas to a specific person/source

b)

move from one idea to the next

c)

cite page numbers from a quote

d)

give the full bibliographic information about a source

4.

(Select all that apply) What is wrong with this? -> Walter says “So you butchered up a dream of mine– you– who always talking ‘bout your children’s dreams…” (Hansberry 1.1)


a)

Missing a comma after the signal phrase

b)

Citation is incorrect

c)

Missing a period after the citation

d)

"S" in "So" should be lowercase

5.

When should you NOT put a comma before a quotation?

a)

Commas are always required before a quotation

b)

When the word "that" is used right before the quotation

c)

When the quotation is a sentence fragment

d)

When the word "the" is used right before the quotation

6.

True or False: A quote can stand alone as a sentence.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

True or False: IF a quote is a complete sentence, the first word in the quote should be capitalized.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

True or False: There should be a period after the quote AND after the citation.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

True or False: It is okay to leave punctuation inside of the quotation marks if it is a question mark or an exclamation mark.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What is this an example of: (Fitzgerald 47).

a)

In-text citation

b)

Parenthetical citation

c)

Quotation

d)

Parenthesis citation

11.

True or False: If you use the author's name in the signal phrase, you do not need to put it in your citation.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

True or False: It is appropriate to refer to authors by only their first names.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

True or False: True or False: If you use the author's last name in your signal phrase AND there is no page number, you do not need an in-text citation.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

True or False: If there's no specific author listed, you should put the title of the article in quotation marks in your citation.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Which is a correctly formatted example of how to cite poetry?

a)

(Emily Dickinson, lines 6-10).

b)

(Dickinson, lines 6 /10).

c)

(Dickinson lines 6-10)

d)

(Dickinson, lines 6-10).

16.

(Poem, Select all that apply) What is wrong with this sentence-> She claims that "'Hope' is the thing with feathers -That perches in the soul-" (Dickinson, lines 1-2).

a)

Period missing at the end of the citation

b)

Citation incorrect

c)

Punctuation missing to denote separate line numbers in the quote

d)

There should be a comma after the signal phrase

17.

(Select all that apply) What is wrong with this -> She described the boy as "unruly and dishonest" (Flohr p. 35)

a)

Citation incorrect

b)

Missing punctuation before quote

c)

Missing punctuation after citation

d)

Missing quotation marks

18.

Bonus Which is a correctly formatted example of how to cite a play?

a)

(Hansberry, 1.1).

b)

(Hansberry, Act 1 Scene 1).

c)

(Hansberry Act 1 Scene 1).

d)

(Hansberry 1.1).