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Citation Examples
True or False
Quote or Paraphrase?
100
If the author's name is not mentioned in your sentence, then what should be found in the in-text citation?
What is the author's last name and the page number.
100
When material is taken from another source, whose name should always be provided?
What is the author's.
100
I used material by John Smith found on page 32.
What is (Smith 32).
100
Using an outline from the internet but writing your own essay is plagiarism.
What is true.
100
You cannot rephrase the information any better than the original author said it him/herself.
What is quote.
200

If there are two authors with the same last name, what should be found in the parenthetical citation?

What is both of the authors' last names and each author's first initial.

200
If there is no author for the material, then what should be put in the parenthetical citation?
The next available piece of information on the Works Cited page.
200

I paraphrased material that I found on the National Geographic web page with no specific author listed by name.

What is (National Geographic).

200
According to MLA, the title of your paper should not be italicized, underlined, or in quotation marks.
What is true.
200

Swapping in synonyms for the author's original words but maintaining the same exact sentence structures is called...

What is poor pararphrasing/plagiarism?

300
If the author's name is provided in the text, then what should be found in the parenthetical citation?
What is the page number.
300
Which page of your paper should contain a list of sources referenced in your essay?
What is the Works Cited page.
300
I used material by David Gilbert found on page 20 of my book, and I used his last name in the sentence to introduce the material. Ex: According to Gilbert, Canterbury has the best yogurt bar in New Milford.
What is (20).
300
Block quotations are quotations longer than 5 typed lines.
What is false.
300
When you want to preserve the main idea of the source information, and not the exact words, you should do this.
What is paraphrase?
400
If you want to use a quotation from Peter Singer that you found in a book by Daniel Dombrowski on page 429, what should be found in the parenthetical citation?
(qtd. in Dombrowski 429)
400
In an in-text citation, should the author's full name, last name, or first name be provided?
What is the author's last name.
400
I used material from page 3 of an article titled How to Succeed, but there was no author.
What is ("How to Succeed" 3).
400
It is okay to insert the author's first name in the parenthetical citation.
What is false.
400

In short essays, you should use these types of quotes sparingly,.

What are block quotes, or quotes of more than four lines?

500
If the material was found on a web page, what is one thing you won't find in the parenthetical citation in most cases.
What is page number.
500
In what part of a sentence should the parenthetical citation be found?
What is at the end before the period.
500
I quoted material from page 147 of a book with four authors, with the first being Kate Johnson.
What is (Johnson et al 147).
500

A signal phrase serves this purpose.

What is let the reader know that the sentence that follows is quoted or paraphrased from another source.

500

An oreo cookie is when you...

What is introduce a quote/paraphrase and explain it afterward?