Parenthetical Citations in Literature

A student is quoting from the book A Separate Peace by John Knowles.

Which is the correct parenthetical citation?

• (88).

• (John 88).

• (Knowles 88).

• (John p. 88)

A student is quoting from the book The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien.

Which is the correct parenthetical citation?

• (JRR Tolkien).

• (JRR Tolkien p. 88).

• (Tolkien p. 88)

• (Tolkien 88).

A student is quoting from the book Death Cure by James Dashner.

Which is the correct parenthetical citation?

• (James 22).

• (Dashner 22).

• (Dashner 22)

• (Dashner p. 22).

A student is quoting from the book The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag.

Which is the correct parenthetical citation?

• (Knox page 22).

• (Molly 22).

• (Ostertag 22).

• (Molly Knox Ostertag 22).

A student is quoting from the book Colonial Latin America by Mark A. Burkholder and Lyman L. Johnson.

Which is the correct parenthetical citation?

• (Johnson 127).

• (Burkholder 127).

• (Johnson and Burkholder p. 127).

• (Johnson and Burkholder 127).

A student is quoting from the book Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes.

Which is the correct parenthetical citation?

• (Parker 12).

• (Jewell 12).

• (Jewell p. 12).

• (Rhodes 12).

A student is quoting from the book A Man of the People by Chinua Achebe.

Which is the correct parenthetical citation?

• (Achebe 49).

• (Chinua 49).

• (Achebe 49)

• (Chinua 49)

A student is quoting from the book When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed.

Which is the correct parenthetical citation?

• (VIctoria and Omar 99).

• (Jamieson and Mohamed 99).

• Jamieson and Mohamed 99.

• Mohamed p. 99

A student is quoting from the book Bomb by Steve Sheinkin.

Which is the correct parenthetical citation?

• (Bomb by Steve Sheinkin 191).

• (Bomb 191).

• (Sheinkin 191)

• (Sheinkin 191).

A student is quoting from the book The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen.

Which is the correct parenthetical citation?

• Nguyen 44.

• (Nguyen 44).

• (Nguyen page 44).

• (Trung 44).