Citation Mechanics
The following are all good citation techniques. Refer to this list if you’re ever in doubt about how to cite and briefly quote in the same short sentence.
All these good example contain several essentials of good citation.
- They identify the AUTHOR
- They identify the TITLE of the article, essay, or story
- They could contain the name of the publication also, but they don’t.
- They contain a QUOTATION
- They could contain a PARAPHRASE instead, without quotation marks.
- They also have SAID language
- SAID, BELIEVES, CLAIMS, ASSERTS, INSISTS, or countless other varieties of SAID.
Examples
- Daniel Flath, in his essay, “Boylan’s Folly,” claims that “boys can’t learn from women.”
- Author, in “Title,” said that “quote.”
- Daniel Flath claims, in “Boylan’s Folly,” that “boys can’t learn from women.”
- Author claims, in “Title,” that “quote.”
- In Daniel Flath’s essay, “Boylan’s Folly,” Flath claims, “Boys can’t learn from women.”
- In Author’s essay, “Title,” Author claims, “Quote.”
- In his essay, “Title,” Author claims, “Quote.”
- In “Boylan’s Folly,” Daniel Flath claims: “Boys can’t learn from women.”
- In “Title,” Author claims: “Quote.”
- Daniel Flath thinks “boys can’t learn from women.” He makes this and other outrageous claims in his essay, “Boylan’s Folly.”
- Author says “quote.” He makes this claim in essay, “Title.”
- That “boys can’t learn from women” is one of the outrageous claims Daniel Flath makes in “Boylan’s Folly.”
- That “subject verbs” is a claim Author makes in “Title.”
- “Boys can’t learn from women,” according to Daniel Flath in “Boylan’s Folly.”
- “Quote,” according to Author in “Title.”
Flawed Mechanics
Fix the errors in these citations by typing corrected versions into the Reply field below. Number your sentences 1, 2, and 3.
- In his essay, Daniel Flath, the author of “Boylan’s Folly,” says that, “Boys can’t learn from women.”
- The author of “Boylan’s Folly”, Daniel Flath: “Boys can’t learn from women”.
- In the essay by Daniel Flath, “Boylan’s Folly,” is said, “Boys can’t learn from women.”
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Counterintuitive 
1. In his essay, Daniel Flath, the author of “Boylan’s Folly,” says that, “boys can’t learn from women.”
2. The author of “Boylan’s Folly,” Daniel Flath says “Boys can’t learn from women.”
3. In the essay by Daniel Flath, “Boylan’s Folly,” Flath says that “boys can’t learn from women.”
3 is good.
1. In his essay, Daniel Flath, the author of “Boylan’s Folly,” says that, “boys can’t learn from women.”
Here you have two choices:
says that “boys can’t learn
says, “Boys can’t learn
2. The author of “Boylan’s Folly,” Daniel Flath says “Boys can’t learn from women.”
You have the same two choices here:
says that “boys can’t learn
says, “Boys can’t learn
1. In his essay, Daniel Flath, the author of “Boylan’s Folly,” says that, “boys can’t learn from women.”
2.The author of “Boylan’s Folly,” Daniel Flath: “Boys can’t learn from women.”
3.In the essay by Daniel Flath, “Boylan’s Folly,” he said, “Boys can’t learn from women.”
4. In the essay by Dr. Gene Neglia, “Art Education,” he says “finger painting is important to preschoolers education.”
1. In his essay, Daniel Flath, the author of “Boylan’s Folly,” says that, “boys can’t learn from women.”
Doesn’t need a comma after that
4. In the essay by Dr. Gene Neglia, “Art Education,” he says “finger painting is important to preschoolers education.”
Here you have two choices:
he says that “finger painting
he says, “Finger painting
In his essay, Daniel Flath, the author of “Boylan’s Folly,” says, “Boys can’t learn from women.”
The author of “Boylan’s Folly,” Daniel Flath says, “Boys can’t learn from women.”
In the essay by Daniel Flath, “Boylan’s Folly,” says, “Boys can’t learn from women.”
Nice work, but in your third:
In the essay by Daniel Flath, “Boylan’s Folly,” says, “Boys can’t learn from women.”
WHO says?
1. In his essay, Daniel Flath, the author of “Boylan’s Folly,” says that “boys can’t learn from women.”
2. The author of “Boylan’s Folly,” Daniel Flath, says, “Boys can’t learn from women”.
3. In the essay by Daniel Flath, “Boylan’s Folly,” the author says, “Boys can’t learn from women.”
4. In Will Smith’s book, “Philly Native,” the author says that “Philadelphia is the greatest city.”
Very nice, including 4, but except for 2.
women.”
4. “Boys can’t learn from women,” a topic stated by Daniel Flath in, “Boylan’s Folly.”
This isn’t a sentence without a verb, Sixers.
“Boys can’t learn from women,” is a claim made by Daniel Flath in “Boylan’s Folly.”
1. In his essay, Daniel Flath, the author of “Boylan’s Folly,” says that “boys can’t learn from women.”
2. The author of “Boylan’s Folly,” Daniel Flath, says, “Boys can’t learn from women”.
3. In the essay by Daniel Flath, “Boylan’s Folly,” he said, “Boys can’t learn from women.
Perfect except for 2.
women.”
4. “Boys can’t learn from women,” a topic stated by Daniel Flath in, “Boylan’s Folly.”
This isn’t a sentence without a verb, Sam.
“Boys can’t learn from women,” is a claim made by Daniel Flath in “Boylan’s Folly.”