Good Citation

Good Citation

Good 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.

  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,” is said, “Boys can’t learn from women.”

One of Your Own

Write a new one of your own in the same Reply field. Number it 4.

27 Responses to Good Citation

  1. alwaystired247 says:

    1. In his essay, “Boylan’s Folly,” Daniel Flath claims, “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    2. Daniel Flath, in “Boylan’s Folly,” stated that “boys can’t learn from women.”
    3. Daniel Flath insists, “Boys can’t learn from women.” He makes this statement in essay “Boylan’s Folly.”

    • alwaystired247 says:

      4. In the words of Daniel Flath, “Boys can’t learn from women,” which he makes clear in his essay “Boylan’s Folly.”

  2. shxrkbait 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: “Boys can’t learn from women”.
    3. In the essay by Daniel Flath, “Boylan’s Folly,” is said, “boys can’t learn from women.”
    4. In his essay, “Boylan’s Folly,” Daniel Flath thinks, “boys can’t learn from women.”

  3. beforeverge says:

    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, claims: “Boys can’t learn from women”.
    In the essay by Daniel Flath, called “Boylan’s Folly,” Flath says, “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    In the essay “Boylan’s Folly,” author Daniel Flath states, “Boys can’t learn from women.”

  4. xephos1 says:

    1. In his essay, “Boylan’s Folly,” author Daniel Flath claims, “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    2. Daniel Flath, author of “Boylan’s Folly,” claims, “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    3. In the essay, “Boylan’s Folly,” by Daniel Flath, Flath insists, “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    4. In author Daniel Flath’s essay, “Boylan’s Folly,” Flath states, “Boys can’t learn from women.”

  5. 1. In his essay, “Boylan’s Folly,” Daniel Flath claims, “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    2. Daniel Flath, in “Boylan’s Folly,” said that “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    3. In Daniel Flath’s essay, “Boylan’s Folly,” Daniel Flath claims, “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    4. “Boys can’t learn from women,” according to Daniel Flath in “Boylan’s Flath.”

  6. 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 claims: “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    3. In the essay by Daniel Flath, “Boylan’s Folly,” states: “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    4, According to David Flath, author of “Boylan’s Folly,” Flath states: “Boys can’t learn from women.”

  7. giantsfan224 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: “Boys can’t learn from women.”

    3. In the essay, by Daniel Flath, “Boylan’s Folly,” is said, “Boys can’t learn from women.”

    4. In “Boylan’s Folly,” Daniel Flath claims that “boys can’t learn from women.”

  8. gobirds17 says:

    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,” said “boys can’t learn from women.”
    Flath, the author of “Boylan’s Folly,” claims “boys can’t learn from women.”

  9. peanut2348 says:

    1.Daniel Flath, In his essay, “Boylan’s Folly,” says that, “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    2.In “Boylan’s Folly”, Daniel Flath claims “Boys can’t learn from women”.
    3.Daniel Flath claims “Boys can’t learn from women.”, said in “Boylans Folly”.
    4.Daniel Flath states, “Boys can’t learn from women”, In “Boylans Folly”.

  10. fatboy489zt says:

    1. In Daniel Flath’s essay, “Boylan’s Folly,” says that “boys can’t learn from women.”
    2. The author of “Boylan’s Folly,” Daniel Flath claims: “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    3. In the essay by Daniel Flath, “Boylan’s Folly,” he says that, “boys can’t learn from women.”
    4. “Boys can’t learn from women,” Daniel Flath claims in his essay, “Boylan’s Folly.”

  11. 1. In his essay, “Boylan’s Folly,” Daniel Flath says that, “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    2. Daniel Flath, author of “Boylan’s Folly,” Daniel Flath claims “boys can’t learn from women”.
    3. In Daniel Flath’s essay, “Boylan’s Folly,” is said, “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    4. Daniel Flath claims, in “Boylan’s Folly,” that “boys can’t learn from women.”

  12. gymrat230 says:

    1) In his essay, Daniel Flath, the author of “Boylan’s Folly,” says that, “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    This citation should look like this… In “Boylan’s Folly,” Daniel Flath claims, “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    2) The author of “Boylan’s Folly”, Daniel Flath: “Boys can’t learn from women”.
    This citation should look like this… Daniel Flath claims in “Boylan’s Folly,” that “boys can’t learn from women.”
    3) In the essay by Daniel Flath, “Boylan’s Folly,” is said, “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    This citation should look like this… In Daniel Flath’s essay, “Boylan’s Folly,” Flath claims, “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    4) “Boys can’t learn from women,” according to Daniel Flath in “Boylan’s Folly.”

  13. mochaatrain 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 states, “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    3. In the essay by Daniel Flath, “Boylan’s Folly,” claims, “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    4. Daniel Flath’s “Boylan’s Folly,” states that “boys can’t learn from women.”

  14. rubes1256 says:

    4. “Boys can’t learn from women,” according to Daniel Flath in “Boylan’s Folly.”

    • rubes1256 says:

      1. In his essay, “Boylan’s Folly,” the author, Daniel Flath, says that, “Boys can’t learn from women.”
      2. The author, Daniel Flath, of the essay, “Boylan’s Folly,” says that “Boys can’t learn from women.”
      3. In the essay “Boylan’s Folly,” by Daniel Flath, Flath says “Boys can’t learn from women.”

  15. 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 claims: “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    3. In the essay by Daniel Flath, “Boylan’s Folly,” states: “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    4. David Flath, author of “Boylan’s Folly,” Flath states: “Boys can’t learn from women.”

  16. tacotyphoon says:

    1. In the essay, “Boylan’s Folly”, the writer Daniel Flath states that, “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    2. Daniel Flath, the author of “Boylan’s Folly”, declares that “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    3. In the essay “Boylan’s Folly”, the author Daniel Flath says “Boys can’t learn from women”
    4. According to Daniel Flath in his essay “Boylan’s Flath”, he claims that “boys can’t learn from women.”

  17. oni says:

    1. In his essay “Boyland’s Folly,” author Daniel Flath says “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    2. The author of “Boyland’s Folly,” Daniel Flath states “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    3. In the essay “Boyland’s Folly,” by Daniel Flath, he states “Boys can’t learn from women.”

  18. redbird1123 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: “Boys can’t learn from women”.
    3.In the essay by Daniel Flath, “Boylan’s Folly,” states: “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    4.”Boys can’t learn from women.”Daniel Flath says.

  19. duck says:

    1. In his essay “Boylan’s Folly,” Daniel Flath says that, “boys can’t learn from women.”
    2. Daniel Flath, the author of “Boylan’s Folly,” claims, “boys can’t learn from women.”
    3. Daniel Flath, author of “Boylan’s Folly,” states, “boys can’t learn from women.”
    4. Daniel Flath, in his essay “Boylan’s Folly,” suggests, “boys can’t learn from women.”

  20. 1. In his essay, Daniel Flathm, the author of ” Boylan’s Folly,” says, “Boys can’t learn from women.
    2. The author of “Boylan’s Folly, Daniel Flath, states, “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    3. In the essay by Daniel Flath, “Boylan’s Folly,” Flath claims “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    4. Daniel Flath, author of “Boylan’s Folly,” claims, “Boys can’t learn from women.”

  21. 1. In his essay,“Boylan’s Folly”, Daniel Flath says that “boys can’t learn from women.”
    2. The author of “Boylan’s Folly”, Daniel Falth, claims that “boys can’t learn from women.”
    3. In the essay by Daniel Flath, “Boylan’s Folly”, Flath says “boys can’t learn from women.”
    4. “Boys can’t learn from women,” according to Daniel Flath’s in his essay “Boylan’s Folly”.

  22. 1. In his essay, Daniel Flath, the author of “Boylan’s Folly,” says that, “Boys can’t learn from women.”

    – “In his essay” seems unnecessary since he names the author already and states that he’s the author of the 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”.

    – Did not tell the reader that the quote was stated by the author which might confuse. The period was not inside the quotation.
    The author of ” Boylan’s Folly,” Daniel Flath states that ” Boys can’t learn from women.”

    3. In the essay by Daniel Flath, “Boylan’s Folly,” is said, “Boys can’t learn from women.”

    – Could’ve used ” it is said that” or “claims that” because it sounds incomplete with just “is”.
    In the essay by Daniel Flath, “Boylan’s Folly,” it is said that “Boys can’t learn from women.”

  23. 1. In his essay, “Boylan’s Folly,” Daniel Flath claims, “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    2. The author of “Boylan’s Folly,” Daniel Flath claims: “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    3. In the essay by Daniel Flath, “Boylan’s Folly,” he says that, “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    4. In his essay, “Boylan’s Folly,” author Daniel Flath states, “Boys can’t learn from women.”

  24. hollyp715 says:

    1. In Daniel Flath’s essay, “Boyland’s Folly,” Flath says that, “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    2. The author of “Boylan’s Folly,” Daniel Flath, claims that “Boys can’t learn from women.”
    3. “Boys can’t learn from women,” is said in Daniel Flath’s “Boylan’s Folly.”
    4. Daniel Flath claims in his essay, “Boylan’s Folly,” that “Boys can’t learn from women.”

  25. Gir says:

    1. In his essay, “Boylan’s Folly”, Daniel Flath says that “boys can’t learn from women.”
    2. The author of “Boylan’s Folly”, Daniel Falth, claims that “boys can’t learn from women.”
    3. In the essay by Daniel Flath, “Boylan’s Folly”, Flath says “boys can’t learn from women.”
    4. “Boys can’t learn from women.” Once said by Daniel Falth, In his essay, “Boylan’s Folly”

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