In-text Citation

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In-text Citation
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• MLA in-text citations have a clear and precise
  format.
• One online film critic stated that Fitzcarraldo i
  s "a beautiful and terrifying critique of
  obsession and colonialism" (Garcia, Herzog a
  Life).

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For Online Articles with or without a specific
name

• Human beings have been described by an Ivy
  League School University Professor as
  symbol-using animals (Endington, Traffic
  Fatalities Our Nations Biggest Killer).
• Human beings have been described by Kenneth
  Burke, a Psychology Professor at Yale University,
  as symbol-using animals (Endington, Traffic
  Fatalities Our Nations Biggest Killer).

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Where does the Author go if I already mentioned
him or her by name?

• Authors name is mentioned after the text
• Studies performed at Yale University show that
  human beings have the capacity to identify
  thousands of symbols before the age of ten
  (Endington, Traffic Fatalities Our Nations
  Biggest Killer).
• Authors name is mentioned in the text
• Alfred Endington, a literary professor at Yale
  University, says that human beings have the
  capacity to identify thousands of symbols before
  the age of ten (Traffic Fatalities Our
  Nations Biggest Killer).

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What would the in-text citation look like?

• Cindy Terebush, director of schools for Temple
  Shalom in Aberdeen, says, Parents are absorbing
  their children's school responsibilities as if
  their own. But parental micromanagement does not
  benefit a child. Kids need to learn
  responsibility through their own failures and
  consequences.

Oglesby, Amanda. "Parenting in the Age of
Competition." Asbury Park Press. 05 Oct. 2013 1.
SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 15 Jan. 2014.
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Would it look like this?

• Cindy Terebush, director of schools for Temple
  Shalom in Aberdeen, said, Parents are absorbing
  their children's school responsibilities as if
  their own. But parental micromanagement does not
  benefit a child. Kids need to learn
  responsibility through their own failures and
  consequences (Oglesby, Parenting in the Age of
  Competition).

Oglesby, Amanda. "Parenting in the Age of
Competition." Asbury Park Press. 05 Oct. 2013 1.
SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 15 Jan. 2014.
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How do I include a quote at the beginning, in the
middle, and at the end of a sentence?

• Micromanagement does not benefit a child,
  says Cindy Terebush, director of schools for
  Temple Shalom in Aberdeen, nor is it healthy for
  the parent (Oglesby, Parenting in the Age of
  Competition).

Although parental involvement can make a great
impact on student success, Cindy Terebush,
director of schools for Temple Shalom in
Aberdeen, says parental micromanagement can
actually have a severely negative effect
(Oglesby, Parenting in the Age of Competition).

Parents have become too involved in their
childrens academics. Cindy Terebush, director
of schools for Temple Shalom in Aberdeen, says
that too many guardians are in fact absorbing
their childrens school responsibilities as if
their own (Ogelsby, Parenting in the Age of
Competition).
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What if you cant find the author?

• Use the title of the work or article (Parenting
  in the Age of Competition).

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What if I want to include a long quote?(4 lines
or more)

• Although many parents think that more
  involvement in school academics produces more
  successful children, Cindy Terebush, director of
  schools for Temple Shalom in Aberdeen, said
• Parents are absorbing their
• children's school responsibilities as if their
• own. But parental micromanagement does
• not benefit a child. Kids need to learn
• responsibility through their own failures
• and consequences. (Ogelsby, Parenting in the
  Age of Competition)
• WORD DOC

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• Check Sheet
• Did I include WHO is speaking?
• Did I explain WHY the speaker is an expert?
• Did I remember to use
• QUOTATION MARKS if I needed them?
• Do I have the right
• NAME OF THE AUTHOR OR SOURCE?
• 5. Did I include the
• PARENTHESIS,
• ARTICLE NAME, and
• PUNCTUATION?

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Practice paraphrasing and quoting from a text.

• WHO is responsible for the idea
• Cindy Terebush
• WHY should I listen to him or her?
• She is the director of schools for Temple Shalom
  in Aberdeen
• WHAT did she say?
• Parents are absorbing their children's school
  responsibilities as if their own. But parental
  micromanagement does not benefit a child. Kids
  need to learn responsibility through their own
  failures and consequences.