Title: IN-TEXT CITATION
1IN-TEXT CITATION
2Academic writing often involves quotation. We
cite what others have said on topics of interest
to us, either to elucidate a point, or to
corroborate a claim that we have made.
3It is, of course, our ethical responsibility to
give credit where credit is due. It is not fair
to use the original ideas of others without
crediting the source.
4When we present information derived from a source
other than our own mind, it is our responsibility
to say where that information came from. Unless
the information can reasonably be deemed common
knowledge, scholars must acknowledge their
sources.
5Common knowledge is information which can be
located in five or more places (i.e., in any
number of encyclopedia, in a reference text, in a
book, on-line, etc.).
6No matter how quoted material is presented, it
must be acknowledged. Please be aware that
there are three specific methods of quotation
7Three Types of Quotation
8Three Types of Quotation
9Three Types of Quotation
- Direct quotation Copying word-for-word.
- 2.
- 3.
10Three Types of Quotation
- Direct quotation Copying word-for-word.
- Paraphrase
- 3.
11Three Types of Quotation
- Direct quotation Copying word-for-word.
- Paraphrase Expressing the writers intent in
your own words. - 3.
12Three Types of Quotation
- Direct quotation Copying word-for-word.
- Paraphrase Expressing the writers intent in
your own words. - Summary
13Three Types of Quotation
- Direct quotation Copying word-for-word.
- Paraphrase Expressing the writers intent in
your own words. - Summary Briefly restating the writers ideas.
14Naturally, the goal of in-text citation is to
avoid plagiarism, which is the unethical use of
anothers words or ideas.
- Plagiarism amounts to academic theft and is
deservedly litigable.
15According to the MLA Handbook for Writers of
Research Papers, the following constitute
plagiarism
16According to the MLA Handbook for Writers of
Research Papers, the following constitute
plagiarism
- Copying word for word from another source
without acknowledging it.
17According to the MLA Handbook for Writers of
Research Papers, the following constitute
plagiarism
- Copying word for word from another source
without acknowledging it. - Paraphrasing or summarizing another source
without acknowledging it.
18According to the MLA Handbook for Writers of
Research Papers, the following constitute
plagiarism
- Copying word for word from another source
without acknowledging it. - Paraphrasing or summarizing another source
without acknowledging it. - Adopting a particularly apt turn of phrase as if
it were your own.
19According to the MLA Handbook for Writers of
Research Papers, the following constitute
plagiarism
- Copying word for word from another source
without acknowledging it. - Paraphrasing or summarizing another source
without acknowledging it. - Adopting a particularly apt turn of phrase as if
it were your own. - Using an image or a copy of an image without
crediting the source.
20According to the MLA Handbook for Writers of
Research Papers, the following constitute
plagiarism
- Copying word for word from another source
without acknowledging it. - Paraphrasing or summarizing another source
without acknowledging it. - Adopting a particularly apt turn of phrase as if
it were your own. - Using an image or a copy of an image without
crediting the source. - Paraphrasing anothers line of thinking as if it
were your own.
21According to the MLA Handbook for Writers of
Research Papers, the following constitute
plagiarism
- Copying word for word from another source
without acknowledging it. - Paraphrasing or summarizing another source
without acknowledging it. - Adopting a particularly apt turn of phrase as if
it were your own. - Using an image or a copy of an image without
crediting the source. - Paraphrasing anothers line of thinking as if it
were your own. - Receiving excessive help from a friend (or,
indeed, from any source).
22According to the MLA Handbook for Writers of
Research Papers, the following constitute
plagiarism
- Copying word for word from another source
without acknowledging it. - Paraphrasing or summarizing another source
without acknowledging it. - Adopting a particularly apt turn of phrase as if
it were your own. - Using an image or a copy of an image without
crediting the source. - Paraphrasing anothers line of thinking as if it
were your own. - Receiving excessive help from a friend (or,
indeed, from any source). - Using anothers project as if it were your own.
23Plagiarism is of two types
24Plagiarism is of two types
- Deliberate
25Plagiarism is of two types
- Deliberate
- Inadvertent
26Plagiarism is of two types
- Deliberate
- Inadvertent
Clearly, the former is worse than the latter.
However, inadvertent plagiarism is a matter of
neglect on the part of the researcher and must be
avoided.
27In an effort to guard against plagiarism, the
Modern Language Association has devised a simple
but effective method of signal phrases and
parentheses to show where quotations begin and
end.
- Signal Phrases
-
- Parentheses
28The goal, of course, is that readers should know
when quoted material of any type is present.
29 A signal phrase is more or less an on switch.
- The parenthesis is the off switch.
- When a reader sees the signal phrase, she is
instantly alerted that the material which follows
is a quotation and does not originate with the
writer.
- She also knows, as soon as she reaches the
parenthesis, that the quotation is over.
30In-text Citations The Pattern
31In-text Citations The Pattern
Signal Phrase
32In-text Citations The Pattern
Signal Phrase Quotation
33In-text Citations The Pattern
Signal Phrase Quotation Parenthetic
Documentation
34In-text Citations The Pattern
Signal Phrase Quotation Parenthetic
Documentation
According to Richard Fogle, critical opinion
has been unanimous in terming the poetry of
Shelley abstract (13).
35Signal Phrases
Signal phrases are introductory phrases which
clue the reader in to the fact that a quotation
is coming.
36Signal Phrases
Signal phrases are introductory phrases which
clue the reader in to the fact that a quotation
is coming. Here are some examples, although
the variants are limitless
37Signal Phrases
- Signal phrases are introductory phrases which
clue the reader in to the fact that a quotation
is coming. - Here are some examples, although the variants are
limitless - According to Bruno Bettelheim, . . .
38Signal Phrases
- Signal phrases are introductory phrases which
clue the reader in to the fact that a quotation
is coming. - Here are some examples, although the variants are
limitless - According to Bruno Bettelheim, . . .
- In the words of Bruno Bettelheim, . . .
39Signal Phrases
- Signal phrases are introductory phrases which
clue the reader in to the fact that a quotation
is coming. - Here are some examples, although the variants are
limitless - According to Bruno Bettelheim, . . .
- In the words of Bruno Bettelheim, . . .
- Dr. Bruno Bettelheim has claimed that . . .
40Signal Phrases
- Signal phrases are introductory phrases which
clue the reader in to the fact that a quotation
is coming. - Here are some examples, although the variants are
limitless - According to Bruno Bettelheim, . . .
- In the words of Bruno Bettelheim, . . .
- Dr. Bruno Bettelheim has claimed that . . .
- The research of Dr. Bruno Bettelheim suggests
that . . .
41Signal Phrases
- Signal phrases are introductory phrases which
clue the reader in to the fact that a quotation
is coming. - Here are some examples, although the variants are
limitless - According to Bruno Bettelheim, . . .
- In the words of Bruno Bettelheim, . . .
- Dr. Bruno Bettelheim has claimed that . . .
- The research of Dr. Bruno Bettelheim suggests
that . . . - To cite Bruno Bettelheim, . . .
42Signal Phrases
- Signal phrases are introductory phrases which
clue the reader in to the fact that a quotation
is coming. - Here are some examples, although the variants are
limitless - According to Bruno Bettelheim, . . .
- In the words of Bruno Bettelheim, . . .
- Dr. Bruno Bettelheim has claimed that . . .
- The research of Dr. Bruno Bettelheim suggests
that . . . - To cite Bruno Bettelheim, . . .
- Dr. Bruno Bettelheim once said, . . .
43Signal Phrases
- Signal phrases are introductory phrases which
clue the reader in to the fact that a quotation
is coming. - Here are some examples, although the variants are
limitless - According to Bruno Bettelheim, . . .
- In the words of Bruno Bettelheim, . . .
- Dr. Bruno Bettelheim has claimed that . . .
- The research of Dr. Bruno Bettelheim suggests
that . . . - To cite Bruno Bettelheim, . . .
- Dr. Bruno Bettelheim once said, . . .
- Bruno Bettelheim observed that . . .
44Signal Phrases
- Signal phrases are introductory phrases which
clue the reader in to the fact that a quotation
is coming. - Here are some examples, although the variants are
limitless - According to Bruno Bettelheim, . . .
- In the words of Bruno Bettelheim, . . .
- Dr. Bruno Bettelheim has claimed that . . .
- The research of Dr. Bruno Bettelheim suggests
that . . . - To cite Bruno Bettelheim, . . .
- Dr. Bruno Bettelheim once said, . . .
- Bruno Bettelheim observed that . . .
- Dr. Bettelheim explains that . . .
45Signal Phrases
- Signal phrases are introductory phrases which
clue the reader in to the fact that a quotation
is coming. - Here are some examples, although the variants are
limitless - According to Bruno Bettelheim, . . .
- In the words of Bruno Bettelheim, . . .
- Dr. Bruno Bettelheim has claimed that . . .
- The research of Dr. Bruno Bettelheim suggests
that . . . - To cite Bruno Bettelheim, . . .
- Dr. Bruno Bettelheim once said, . . .
- Bruno Bettelheim observed that . . .
- Dr. Bettelheim explains that . . .
- Bruno Bettelheim contends that . . .
46Signal Phrases
- Signal phrases are introductory phrases which
clue the reader in to the fact that a quotation
is coming. - Here are some examples, although the variants are
limitless - According to Bruno Bettelheim . . .
- In the words of Bruno Bettelheim . . .
- Dr. Bruno Bettelheim has claimed that . . .
- The research of Dr. Bruno Bettelheim suggests
that . . . - To cite Bruno Bettelheim, . . .
- Dr. Bruno Bettelheim once said, . . .
- Bruno Bettelheim observed that . . .
- Dr. Bettelheim explains that . . .
- Bruno Bettelheim contends that . . .
- etc.
47Now that you have used a signal phrase to set
your reader up for a quotation, its time to move
on to the quotation itselfAs you will
remember, there are three kinds of quotation
- Direct quotation Copying word-for-word.
- Paraphrase Expressing the writers intent in
your own words. - Summary Briefly restating the writers ideas.
48Direct Quotations
- Direct quotations cite the text directlyin
other words, you copy the original text
word-for-word, with no variation.
Remember, direct quotation is as near to
plagiarism as you can come.
For that reason, direct quotation should be used
SPARINGLY.
Direct quotation may be used to cite (a) poetry,
(b) literary passages of exceptional quality, or
(c) prose where the authors words are so
memorable as to deserve no other form of
expression.
49Direct Quotations
In general, direct quotations are introduced by a
signal phrase and a comma According to Humphrey
House, For thousands now alive a passionate love
of Shelley was a major experience in their young
development (47).
50Direct Quotations
In general, direct quotations are introduced by a
signal phrase and a comma According to Humphrey
House, For thousands now alive a passionate love
of Shelley was a major experience in their young
development (47). However, there is no comma
required after the word that
51Direct Quotations
In general, direct quotations are introduced by a
signal phrase and a comma According to Humphrey
House, For thousands now alive a passionate love
of Shelley was a major experience in their young
development (47). However, there is no comma
required after the word that Humphrey House
insists that for thousands now alive a
passionate love of Shelley was a major experience
in their young development (47).
52Types of Direct Quotation
There are essentially two types of direct
quotationshort and long. 1. 2.
53Types of Direct Quotation
There are essentially two types of direct
quotationshort and long. 1. A short
quotation consists of no more than three
lines. 2.
54Types of Direct Quotation
There are essentially two types of direct
quotationshort and long. 1. A short
quotation consists of no more than three
lines. 2. A long quotation consists of four
lines or more.
55Short Quotations Short quotations are placed
inside quotation marks
56Short Quotations Short quotations are placed
inside quotation marks
House says of Shelley that his poetry enthralls
boys (girls rather less, I fancy) as no other
poetry enthralls them (47-8).
57Short Quotations Poetry
58Short Quotations Poetry
Quoting poetry or song has some special
requirements all of its own. When quoting a
short selection of poetry, the line divisions
must be shown as follows
59Short Quotations Poetry
Quoting poetry or song has some special
requirements all of its own. When quoting a
short selection of poetry, the line divisions
must be shown as follows
Frost considered the path that lay before him,
Then took the other, as just as fair / And
having perhaps the better claim / Because it was
grassy and wanted wear (5). In other words, he
chose the path because it wasnt quite so popular
as the other and would give him more leeway as an
individual.
60Short Quotations Poetry
Quoting poetry or song has some special
requirements all of its own. When quoting a
short selection of poetry, the line divisions
must be shown as follows
Frost considered the path that lay before him,
Then took the other, as just as fair / And
having perhaps the better claim / Because it was
grassy and wanted wear (5). In other words, he
chose the path because it wasnt quite so popular
as the other and would give him more leeway as an
individual.
Note that the slash has a space on each side.
61Long Quotations Long quotations are blocked,
i.e., they are typographically set apart from the
rest of the text by being indented ten spaces.
Blocked quotations do not require quotation marks.
62 Spalding 2 assumption merely,
both Kreon and Teiresias of political ambition,
asserting his assumed superiorit over
rivals, seers, and the gods themselves in
those reckless words Has your mystic mummery
ever approached the truth? When that hellcat the
sphinx was performing here, What help were you
to these people? Her magic was not for the first
man who came along It demanded a real exorcist.
Your birds What good were they? Or the gods,
for the matter of that? But I came by, Oedipus,
the simple man, who knows nothing I thought it
out for myself, no birds helped me! And this is
the man you think you can destroy, That you may
be close to Kreon when hes king! (759-60)
And there we have it. Hubris, overweening
pride, is the great flaw that Oedipus has
harbored in his heart these many years. Wrath
is his downfall now, just as it was all
those years earlier when he unwittingly
slaughtered his own father and married his
mother. It is arrogance, always, which
destroys greatness and humbles the mighty.
Caesars elevation to the rank of a god could
not protect him from the knives of those
he called his friends. Hitlers belief in the
supremacy of
63 Spalding 2 assumption merely,
both Kreon and Teiresias of political ambition,
asserting his assumed superiorit over
rivals, seers, and the gods themselves in
those reckless words Has your mystic mummery
ever approached the truth? When that hellcat the
sphinx was performing here, What help were you
to these people? Her magic was not for the first
man who came along It demanded a real exorcist.
Your birds What good were they? Or the gods,
for the matter of that? But I came by, Oedipus,
the simple man, who knows nothing I thought it
out for myself, no birds helped me! And this is
the man you think you can destroy, That you may
be close to Kreon when hes king! (759-60)
And there we have it. Hubris, overweening
pride, is the great flaw that Oedipus has
harbored in his heart these many years. Wrath
is his downfall now, just as it was all
those years earlier when he unwittingly
slaughtered his own father and married his
mother. It is arrogance, always, which
destroys greatness and humbles the mighty.
Caesars elevation to the rank of a god could
not protect him from the knives of those
he called his friends. Hitlers belief in the
supremacy of
Block Quotation Indent one inch or ten spaces.
64 Spalding 2 assumption merely,
both Kreon and Teiresias of political ambition,
asserting his assumed superiorit over
rivals, seers, and the gods themselves in
those reckless words Has your mystic mummery
ever approached the truth? When that hellcat the
sphinx was performing here, What help were you
to these people? Her magic was not for the first
man who came along It demanded a real exorcist.
Your birds What good were they? Or the gods,
for the matter of that? But I came by, Oedipus,
the simple man, who knows nothing I thought it
out for myself, no birds helped me! And this is
the man you think you can destroy, That you may
be close to Kreon when hes king! (759-60)
And there we have it. Hubris, overweening
pride, is the great flaw that Oedipus has
harbored in his heart these many years. Wrath
is his downfall now, just as it was all
those years earlier when he unwittingly
slaughtered his own father and married his
mother. It is arrogance, always, which
destroys greatness and humbles the mighty.
Caesars elevation to the rank of a god could
not protect him from the knives of those
he called his friends. Hitlers belief in the
supremacy of
Block Quotation Indent one inch or ten spaces.
65 Spalding 2 assumption merely,
both Kreon and Teiresias of political ambition,
asserting his assumed superiorit over
rivals, seers, and the gods themselves in
those reckless words Has your mystic mummery
ever approached the truth? When that hellcat the
sphinx was performing here, What help were you
to these people? Her magic was not for the first
man who came along It demanded a real exorcist.
Your birds What good were they? Or the gods,
for the matter of that? But I came by, Oedipus,
the simple man, who knows nothing I thought it
out for myself, no birds helped me! And this is
the man you think you can destroy, That you may
be close to Kreon when hes king! (759-60)
And there we have it. Hubris, overweening
pride, is the great flaw that Oedipus has
harbored in his heart these many years. Wrath
is his downfall now, just as it was all
those years earlier when he unwittingly
slaughtered his own father and married his
mother. It is arrogance, always, which
destroys greatness and humbles the mighty.
Caesars elevation to the rank of a god could
not protect him from the knives of those
he called his friends. Hitlers belief in the
supremacy of
Please note, there are no quotation marks at the
beginning or end of a block quotation.
66 Spalding 2 assumption merely,
both Kreon and Teiresias of political ambition,
asserting his assumed superiorit over
rivals, seers, and the gods themselves in
those reckless words Has your mystic mummery
ever approached the truth? When that hellcat the
sphinx was performing here, What help were you
to these people? Her magic was not for the first
man who came along It demanded a real exorcist.
Your birds What good were they? Or the gods,
for the matter of that? But I came by, Oedipus,
the simple man, who knows nothing I thought it
out for myself, no birds helped me! And this is
the man you think you can destroy, That you may
be close to Kreon when hes king!
And there we have it. Hubris, overweening pride,
is the great flaw that Oedipus has
harbored in his heart these many years. Wrath
is his downfall now, just as it was all
those years earlier when he unwittingly
slaughtered his own father and married his
mother. It is arrogance, always, which
destroys greatness and humbles the mighty.
Caesars elevation to the rank of a god could
not protect him from the knives of those
he called his friends. Hitlers belief in the
supremacy of
Please note, there are no quotation marks at the
beginning or end of a block quotation.
67 Spalding 2 assumption merely,
both Kreon and Teiresias of political ambition,
asserting his assumed superiorit over
rivals, seers, and the gods themselves in
those reckless words Has your mystic mummery
ever approached the truth? When that hellcat the
sphinx was performing here, What help were you
to these people? Her magic was not for the first
man who came along It demanded a real exorcist.
Your birds What good were they? Or the gods,
for the matter of that? But I came by, Oedipus,
the simple man, who knows nothing I thought it
out for myself, no birds helped me! And this is
the man you think you can destroy, That you may
be close to Kreon when hes king! (759-60)
And there we have it. Hubris, overweening
pride, is the great flaw that Oedipus has
harbored in his heart these many years. Wrath
is his downfall now, just as it was all
those years earlier when he unwittingly
slaughtered his own father and married his
mother. It is arrogance, always, which
destroys greatness and humbles the mighty.
Caesars elevation to the rank of a god could
not protect him from the knives of those
he called his friends. Hitlers belief in the
supremacy of
Note that in a block quotation, the parenthesis
goes outside the period.
68 Spalding 2 assumption merely,
both Kreon and Teiresias of political ambition,
asserting his assumed superiorit over
rivals, seers, and the gods themselves in
those reckless words Has your mystic mummery
ever approached the truth? When that hellcat the
sphinx was performing here, What help were you
to these people? Her magic was not for the first
man who came along It demanded a real exorcist.
Your birds What good were they? Or the gods,
for the matter of that? But I came by, Oedipus,
the simple man, who knows nothing I thought it
out for myself, no birds helped me! And this is
the man you think you can destroy, That you may
be close to Kreon when hes king! (759-60)
And there we have it. Hubris, overweening
pride, is the great flaw that Oedipus has
harbored in his heart these many years. Wrath
is his downfall now, just as it was all
those years earlier when he unwittingly
slaughtered his own father and married his
mother. It is arrogance, always, which
destroys greatness and humbles the mighty.
Caesars elevation to the rank of a god could
not protect him from the knives of those
he called his friends. Hitlers belief in the
supremacy of
Note that in a block quotation, the parenthesis
goes outside the period.
69 Spalding 2 assumption merely,
both Kreon and Teiresias of political ambition,
asserting his assumed superiorit over
rivals, seers, and the gods themselves in
those reckless words Has your mystic mummery
ever approached the truth? When that hellcat the
sphinx was performing here, What help were you
to these people? Her magic was not for the first
man who came along It demanded a real exorcist.
Your birds What good were they? Or the gods,
for the matter of that? But I came by, Oedipus,
the simple man, who knows nothing I thought it
out for myself, no birds helped me! And this is
the man you think you can destroy, That you may
be close to Kreon when hes king! (759-60)
And there we have it. Hubris, overweening
pride, is the great flaw that Oedipus has
harbored in his heart these many years. Wrath
is his downfall now, just as it was all
those years earlier when he unwittingly
slaughtered his own father and married his
mother. It is arrogance, always, which
destroys greatness and humbles the mighty.
Caesars elevation to the rank of a god could
not protect him from the knives of those
he called his friends. Hitlers belief in the
supremacy of
Please note, there are no quotation marks at the
beginning or end of a block quotation.
Block Quotation Indent one inch or ten spaces.
Note that in a block quotation, the parenthesis
goes outside the period.
70Parenthetic Documentation
If you were paying attention, you would have
noticed the presence, at the end of each
quotation, of a number in parentheses. The
moment you see this parenthetic notation, you
know that the quotation is over. The number, of
course, is the page number on which the quotation
is found. This number is tied to the Works Cited
page at the end of the paper. The signal phrase
usually provides the information which the reader
needs to locate the appropriate Works Cited entry
(either the authors last name, or the title of
the book or article). When a signal phrase is
not used, then more information may need to be
included in the parenthesis.
71Parenthetic Documentation
If you were paying attention, you would have
noticed the presence, at the end of each
quotation, of a number in parentheses. The
moment you see this parenthetic notation, you
know that the quotation is over. The number, of
course, is the page number on which the quotation
is found. This number is tied to the Works Cited
page at the end of the paper. The signal phrase
usually provides the information which the reader
needs to locate the appropriate Works Cited entry
(either the authors last name, or the title of
the book or article). When a signal phrase is
not used, then more information may need to be
included in the parenthesis.
House says of Shelley that his poetry enthralls
boys (girls rather less, I fancy) as no other
poetry enthralls them (47-8).
72Parenthetic Documentation
If you were paying attention, you would have
noticed the presence, at the end of each
quotation, of a number in parentheses. The
moment you see this parenthetic notation, you
know that the quotation is over. The number, of
course, is the page number on which the quotation
is found. This number is tied to the Works Cited
page at the end of the paper. The signal phrase
usually provides the information which the reader
needs to locate the appropriate Works Cited entry
(either the authors last name, or the title of
the book or article). When a signal phrase is
not used, then more information may need to be
included in the parenthesis.
House says of Shelley that his poetry enthralls
boys (girls rather less, I fancy) as no other
poetry enthralls them (47-8).
Please note that the period includes the
parenthetic documentation.
73Parenthetic Documentation
If you were paying attention, you would have
noticed the presence, at the end of each
quotation, of a number in parentheses. The
moment you see this parenthetic notation, you
know that the quotation is over. The number, of
course, is the page number on which the quotation
is found. This number is tied to the Works Cited
page at the end of the paper. The signal phrase
usually provides the information which the reader
needs to locate the appropriate Works Cited entry
(either the authors last name, or the title of
the book or article). When a signal phrase is
not used, then more information may need to be
included in the parenthesis.
House says of Shelley that his poetry enthralls
boys (girls rather less, I fancy) as no other
poetry enthralls them (47-8).
Apparently, Shelleys poetry enthralls boys . .
. as no other poetry enthralls them (House 47-8).
74Parenthetic Documentation
If you were paying attention, you would have
noticed the presence, at the end of each
quotation, of a number in parentheses. The
moment you see this parenthetic notation, you
know that the quotation is over. The number, of
course, is the page number on which the quotation
is found. This number is tied to the Works Cited
page at the end of the paper. The signal phrase
usually provides the information which the reader
needs to locate the appropriate Works Cited entry
(either the authors last name, or the title of
the book or article). When a signal phrase is
not used, then more information may need to be
included in the parenthesis.
House says of Shelley that his poetry enthralls
boys (girls rather less, I fancy) as no other
poetry enthralls them (47-8).
Apparently, Shelleys poetry enthralls boys . .
. as no other poetry enthralls them (House 47-8).
Apparently, Shelleys poetry enthralls boys . .
. as no other poetry enthralls them (Shelley
47-8).
75Congratulations
You now have the basic pattern established for
proper in-text citation and we will move on to
the proper format for the Works Cited page. But
that is another lesson altogether. The End
PowerPoint Presentation by Mark A. Spalding, BA,
MEd, MA, 2007.