General in-text citation rules
Where does the citation go in a sentence?
At the end of the quote/ after the quotation marks
Create an in-text citation....
Author: Robert Stein
Page: 46
**Don't forget to add a period!**
(Stein 46).
What do you put in parenthesis if there is no author?
The title of the text
What do you do with the quotations marks if you're quoting a quote that someone says?
You change the double quotations (") to a single (')
Add a lead in to this quote:
"bumble bees can live up to 28 days" (Renburg 3).
Answers can very. Example:
In the text it says, "bumble bees can live up to 28 days" (Renburg 3).
What goes AFTER the parenthesis?
A period. Example: ( ).
Create an in-text citation....
Author: Allie Penoly
Page: 16
**Don't forget the period!**
(Penoly 16).
What do you put around the title inside the parenthesis?
Is this quote/ citation correct? (Answer yes/no)
In the text, the main character said, "' You can't catch me'" (Callis 5).
Yes
What is another way we can "lead-in" to a quote?
You may not use: In the text it says/ In the text it states.
Answers can vary.
What should you put BEFORE a quote?
A lead-in/ transition/ transitional phrase. (I will even accept if you wrote one out. For example: In the text it says...)
Create an in-text citation....
Author: Steve Bisen
Book Title: Where the Green Grass Grows
Page: 25
**Don't forget the period!**
(Bisen 25).
What do you do if there is no page number when making a citation?
Just leave it out.
Which quote/citation is correct?
A.) One quote that stands out from the story is when Allison said, "'Well, wouldn't you like to know?'" (Sanders 76).
B.) One quote that stands out from the story is when Allison said, "Well, wouldn't you like to know?" (Sanders 76).
A
Use the title of the book to lead-in to the quote:
Title: The Big Red Barn
Quote: "Chickens lay one egg a day" (Ambern 21).
In the book, The Big Red Barn, it says, "Chickens can lay one egg a day" (Ambern 21).
Why do we cite quotes?
To show that we aren't stealing someone else's words and using them as our own.
Find the error in this citation:
"Then he dove into the water and swam like a wild animal." (Roberts 78).
Find the error: (Hint: there is no author for this citation).
"The boy ran back home" (Little Boy Blue).
There should be quotations around the title in the parenthesis. Example: ("Little Boy Blue").
What is wrong with this quote/citation? (Hint: remember we quoting a quote!)
My favorite line from this story is when the ginger bread man said, "You can't catch me!" he shouted, "I'm the ginger bread man!" (Aylesworth 3).
It doesn't have the single quotations inside the double.
Should look like this:
My favorite line from this story is when the ginger bread man said, "'You can't catch me!'" he shouted, "'I'm the ginger bread man!'" (Aylesworth 3).
What is wrong with this quote/citation?
Sarah Roberts, the author of the book, said, "We should have never let them go" (Roberts 11).
Take out the last name in the citation since it was used in the lead-in/sentence.
What type of punctuation is allowed to stay inside the quotation marks?
? & ! but never a period.
Find BOTH errors in this in-text citation:
"The bumble bee zipped around and landed on the flower" (Stevens, page 4).
1. no comma between author and page number
2. take out the word "page" in the parenthesis
Create a citation for the following:
Author: None
Title: City Cats
Page number: 9
*Don't forget the period!*
("City Cats" 9).
Write a citation for the following dialogue:
Author: Albert Stern
Page: 5
Quote: "All I wanted for Christmas" he cried, "was love and cheer."
"'All I wanted for Christmas'" he cried, "'was love and cheer'" (Stern 5).
Create a citation for this quote found on page 14 of the book called, Engine Brothers, by Adam Forester.
Adam Forester said in his book called, Engine Brothers, "engines are important in our society"
**just write the in-text citation--- don't forget the period!**
(14).