Mini Lesson- In Text Citations and Works Cited

In text citations: After you quote a text, you need to give a parenthetical reference. Usually, this would include the author's name and the page number where the text usually appears: (Douglass 45). Note: no commas, no mention of the word "page," and the punctuation mark comes after the closed parenthesis.

 If you include an author's name in a sentence, you need not repeat the name  in the parenthetical page citation that follows:

As Douglass points out, "The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart" (14).

Versus

It is argued that "The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart" (Douglass 14).

We are going to do something a little different, given that we aren't working with page numbers (unfortunately!). Use the chapter number instead.


Work Cited page:

Author's name. Title of the Book. Publication information.

Author's name:  Reverse the author's name for alphabetizing purposes: Franke Damon= Damon, Franke.

Title of Book: State the full title of the book, capitalizing the first letter of "important" words (leave the first letter of words like "the", "a", "an", "of" and "and" in lower case, unless it is the first word of the title ). Place a period after the entire title.

Publication information: In general, give the city of publication, the publisher's name, the year of publication, and the form (if it's from a book, the form is "print"). All this information is usually found in the first couple of pages, most likely the copyright page--you know, that page with all the small print.

Use a colon between the city of publication and the publisher (this is usually a company or office).

Place a comma between the publisher and the date of publication, and a period after the date. Add the form, followed by a period.

Example:

Hinton, S.E. The Outsiders. New York: Penguin Group, 1967. Print.

HW:
1.Type intro and body paragraphs one and two. (If you want to complete the essay, knock yourself out)
2. Circle a section you want me to look at (intro, body paragraph 1, or body paragraph 2)