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7th grade lesson introducing in text citations.
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Citing Your SourcesAcknowledging that the material is not your own
In Text Citations
According to Diana Hacker, the author of multiple writing handbooks, there are two main ways to use MLA in text citations.
Author named in signal phrase Author named in parenthesis
Use both methods to keep writing fresh
In Text Citations
Author named in a signal phrase.
Social historian Richard Sennett names the tendency to come to terms with difficult experiences a "purification process" whereby "threatening or painful dissonances are warded off to preserve intact a clear and articulated image of oneself and one’s place in the world" (11).
In Text Citations
Author named in parentheses.
The tendency to come to terms with difficult experiences is referred to as a "purification process" whereby "threatening or painful dissonances are warded off to preserve intact a clear and articulated image of oneself and one’s place in the world" (Sennett 11).
In Text Citations for internet sources
As in the previous examples, use the author’s name if it is provided.
What are the two ways to use the author’s name?
In Text Citations for internet sources
What if there isn’t an author listed? Use the title of the webpage or article
In a signal phrase In parentheses
Titles of articles are put in quotation marks
Examples
As of 2001, at least three hundred towns and municipalities had considered legislation regulating use of cell phones while driving ("Lawmakers” ).
According to the “Lawmakers” article on BBC, as of 2001, at least three hundred towns and municipalities had considered legislation regulating use of cell phones while driving .