For in text citations put the last name of the author and the page number of the book or other source that it is in.
ex: As Mr.Bill Gates writes in his book, ".................." (Gates,23).
Rules for quotations:
1) ID the Author of the book
2) preview the quote, i.e. give a little explanation of what the quote will be discussing.
3) then introduce the quote into a sentence, because sentences cannot begin with Quotations.
4) copy the quote word for word
You also need to add a "Work Cited Page" so that if someone reads your paper and want's to go find your sources and maybe
even do a little more research to understand what you did to research your subject before you wrote your paper. Work Cited
Pages should usually be single spaced and list the follow information for each source: Author name (Last name, First name)
the name of the book or other source that you are using, the publishing company, their location, the year of publication and
what medium of publication that was used. These pages should also be alphabetized.
Work Cited entries for books look like this:
Cary, Justin. <i>The Twinning: Verse One: The Silver
Coins.</i> iUniverse INC. 2006. Print.
Smith, William. <i>The Rise of Games</i> Longfellow
Publications. New York, NY. 2009. Print.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Some rules about using quotes in papers...
If you have a good source for your paper you're writing about something like the causes of the civil war, or how will all our technology effect our lives and the lives of our children, and you really want to use a quotation from the book in your paper then there are a few simple rules you need to follow.
You can't begin by just through the quote out there without any context, so you need to introduce the subject for your quote, maybe with a nice topic sentence, then you need to name the author of the source where your quotation comes from, don't forget to maybe give a little information about what the source deals with. All thats left to do now is introduce the quote into a sentence and copy it word for word, no one wants to be misquoted, and cite your quote with an in-text citation.
Rules for quotations:
1) ID the Author of the book
2) preview the quote, i.e. give a little explanation of what the quote will be discussing.
3) then introduce the quote into a sentence, because sentences cannot begin with Quotations.
4) copy the quote word for word
You can't begin by just through the quote out there without any context, so you need to introduce the subject for your quote, maybe with a nice topic sentence, then you need to name the author of the source where your quotation comes from, don't forget to maybe give a little information about what the source deals with. All thats left to do now is introduce the quote into a sentence and copy it word for word, no one wants to be misquoted, and cite your quote with an in-text citation.
Rules for quotations:
1) ID the Author of the book
2) preview the quote, i.e. give a little explanation of what the quote will be discussing.
3) then introduce the quote into a sentence, because sentences cannot begin with Quotations.
4) copy the quote word for word
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Post Numba ONE errr two
One thing that really bothers me is how much we seem to leave our children to fend for themselves with all this technology. Technology can be a great tool but it can also lead people to be lazy or have no real sense of morals. There are too many kids on online forums or games that scream and yell all kinds of profanity. It really bothers me.
(note to self:::: summarize a David Sedaris article (On French) and post a summary on your blog, try to include quotes from the original source.)
(note to self:::: summarize a David Sedaris article (On French) and post a summary on your blog, try to include quotes from the original source.)
Wie gehts?!
Welcome to my Blog for my English 1102 class at UNCC, I hope to blog about the crazy goings on in Society and my views on them! I hope you enjoy your stay here on my blog!!
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