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Citation Examples
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Misc.
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 a 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

Working together with a friend to get ideas and the structure for an individual essay but writing up the essays individually is plagiarism.

What is false.

100

What is a reliable source you might turn to for help with citations?

What is Purdue Owl

What is UNC Writing Center

200

If there are two authors, what should be found in the parenthetical citation?

What is both of the authors' last names and the page number.

200

If there is no author for a source, then what should be put in the parenthetical citation?

What is the first few words of the title of the source.

200

I paraphrased material that I found on the National Geographic web page.

What is (National Geographic).

200

According to MLA, if you include the author's name in the body of the text, then you do not need to include it in the parenthetical citation.

What is true.

200

How many sources do you need for this research paper, and how many need to be scholarly?

What is 8, and what is 5

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 that expand upon each in-text citation?

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 2 typed lines.

What is false. 

300

True or False: If it is an electronic article and there are no page numbers, you must personally count paragraphs and cite those.

*Daily Double*

What is False - 

(If instead of page numbers, the source counts paragraphs for you, use those numbers instead of page numbers)

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?

(Singer qtd. Dombrowski 429)

400

In an parenthetical 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

Anna Harjung, Audrey Ramos, Ryan Eby and Josh Dolinger co-authored a paper together and you use a quote from page 45. What does your in-text citation look like? 

*DAILY DOUBLE*

What is (Harjung et al. 45)

500

If the material was found on a web page, what is one thing you won't find in the parenthetical citation?

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

To block a quotation, you should eliminate quotation marks

What is true

500
What is the definition of plagiarism?
What is stealing or passing off someone else's ideas or words as your own without giving them credit.