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's avatar alwaystired247 says:
    October 13, 2022 at 8:37 AM

    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.”

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    • alwaystired247's avatar alwaystired247 says:
      October 13, 2022 at 8:39 AM

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

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  2. shxrkbait's avatar shxrkbait says:
    October 13, 2022 at 8:38 AM

    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.”

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  3. beforeverge's avatar beforeverge says:
    October 13, 2022 at 8:38 AM

    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.”

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  4. xephos1's avatar xephos1 says:
    October 13, 2022 at 8:39 AM

    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.”

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  5. soulpond47240's avatar soulpond47240 says:
    October 13, 2022 at 8:40 AM

    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.”

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  6. princess01430's avatar princess01430 says:
    October 13, 2022 at 8:40 AM

    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.”

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  7. giantsfan224's avatar giantsfan224 says:
    October 13, 2022 at 8:40 AM

    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.”

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  8. gobirds17's avatar gobirds17 says:
    October 13, 2022 at 8:42 AM

    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.”

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  9. peanut2348's avatar peanut2348 says:
    October 13, 2022 at 8:42 AM

    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”.

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  10. fatboy489zt's avatar fatboy489zt says:
    October 13, 2022 at 8:44 AM

    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.”

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  11. mercythyhealer14's avatar mercythyhealer14 says:
    October 13, 2022 at 8:46 AM

    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.”

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  12. gymrat230's avatar gymrat230 says:
    October 13, 2022 at 8:47 AM

    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.”

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  13. mochaatrain's avatar mochaatrain says:
    October 13, 2022 at 8:55 AM

    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.”

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  14. rubes1256's avatar rubes1256 says:
    October 13, 2022 at 9:40 AM

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

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    • rubes1256's avatar rubes1256 says:
      October 13, 2022 at 10:01 AM

      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.”

      Reply
  15. BigBabyBaller's avatar BigBabyBaller says:
    October 13, 2022 at 9:54 AM

    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.”

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  16. tacotyphoon's avatar tacotyphoon says:
    October 13, 2022 at 10:02 AM

    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.”

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  17. oni's avatar oni says:
    October 13, 2022 at 10:02 AM

    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.”

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  18. redbird1123's avatar redbird1123 says:
    October 13, 2022 at 10:03 AM

    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.

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  19. duck312's avatar duck says:
    October 13, 2022 at 10:03 AM

    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.”

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  20. breakingbad1820's avatar breakingbad1820 says:
    October 13, 2022 at 10:06 AM

    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.”

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  21. manipulator66's avatar manipulator66 says:
    October 13, 2022 at 10:08 AM

    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”.

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  22. pinkcottoncandy4's avatar pinkcottoncandy4 says:
    October 13, 2022 at 10:15 AM

    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.”

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  23. cinderella1013's avatar cinderella1013 says:
    October 13, 2022 at 12:16 PM

    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.”

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  24. McCormick Karner's avatar hollyp715 says:
    October 13, 2022 at 5:22 PM

    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.”

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  25. Gir's avatar Gir says:
    October 13, 2022 at 7:17 PM

    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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