Correct Citations
Using...Ellipsis
Conventions
Formatting Rules
Miscellaneous
100
The two things needed in a citation at the end of a sentence.

What are author's last name and page number?

100

The reason to use an ellipsis.

You want to omit (take out) words.
100

True or False: Author names must always be capitalized.

True

100

The location of the in-text parenthetical ( ) citation.

What is the end of the sentence?
100

The reason why you include quotes in your writing.

What is to support your ideas?

200

The citation you should include at the end of the sentence when you are writing about a quote on page 3 of an article by Leslie Munoz.

What is (Munoz 3)?

200

When using an ellipsis, your sentence must still _________

What is make sense, flow, have fluency, etc.

200

True or False: You must capitalize the article title.

True

200

Write the correct format for a citation for a quote from page 11 that ends with the word "book."

What is ...book" (11).

200

Why you should not leave a quote floating or unattached.

It is confusing to readers.

300

The correct citation for a quote from page 10 of "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" by Bill Martin and John Archambault.

What is (Martin and Archambault 10)?

300

Rewrite using an ellipsis correctly. Don't worry about a citation or a full sentence.

I like ice cream, books, watching sports, and playing with my dog.

Answers may vary. Examples:

I like...playing with my dog.

I like ice cream...and playing with my dog.

300

True or False: It is acceptable to have run-on sentences in your quotation.

False

300

How you refer to the author(s) of a text.

What is last name or full name?

300
The only reason to use brackets in a quote.

To make a grammatical change.

400

The correct in-text citation for a quote from page 40 of the following source: 

Gillespie, Paula, and Lerner, Neal. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Allyn and Bacon, 2000.

What is (Gillespie and Lerner 40)?

400

You don't need to use an ellipsis at the ____________ and ____________ of a quote.

What are the beginning and the end?

400

When you are ending your quote, the period goes ________

At the very end; after the citation.

400

Where you can embed a quote in a sentence

What is the beginning, middle, or end?

400

The reason why you should be careful not to misspell, misquote, or change the words of a quote.

It misrepresents the author, it makes it less credible, etc.

500

The correct citation for a sentence that has already named the author of the article and gives a quote from page 85.

What is (85)? 
500

Rewrite this sentence, using an ellipsis correctly.

"Today, after hours of careful thought, we vetoed the bill."

"Today...we vetoed the bill."
500

The reason why you should be able to spell every author's name and word correctly when you are quoting.

You are copying it from something that is already written.

500
Something you need between quotation marks and your citation.

What is a space?

500

Why you must include quotation marks and citations when using someone else's words.

To avoid plagiarism
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