Citing Evidence and Text Citations Mastery

What is one of the Common Core learning targets mentioned in the tutorial?

• I can cite strong and thorough textual evidence.

• I can summarize the text.

• I can write a book review.

• I can create a bibliography.

What should you do after putting quotes around the author's words?

• Add the author's initials and page number in parentheses.

• Add the author's full name and page number in parentheses.

• Add the author's last name and page number in parentheses.

• Add the author's first name and page number in parentheses.

Where should the period be placed when citing a source?

• Inside the quotation marks.

• Before the parentheses.

• Outside the parentheses.

• Before the quotation marks.

What is a blended quote?

• A quote that is indented one inch from the margin.

• A quote that runs into your own writing.

• A quote that is deleted.

• A quote that is paraphrased.

What is the maximum number of words you should use when peppering a quote?

• Six words

• Three words

• Two words

• Four or five words

How should a block quotation be formatted?

• With quotation marks and indented one inch from the margin.

• Without quotation marks and indented one inch from the margin.

• With quotation marks and not indented.

• Without quotation marks and not indented.

What should you still do even when paraphrasing an author's thoughts?

• Use quotation marks.

• Cite the author's thoughts.

• Delete parts of the citation.

• Use ellipsis.

What are orphaned quotes?

• Quotes that are correctly written.

• Quotes that include some of your own words before the quote.

• Quotes that are incorrectly written because they do not include some of your own words before the quote.

• Quotes that are paraphrased.

What should you do if there are quotations in the part you are citing?

• Change them to italics.

• Change them to single quotation marks.

• Leave them as double quotation marks.

• Remove the quotation marks.

Where should the period be placed when citing dialogue?

• Inside the single quotation marks.

• Before the parentheses.

• Inside the double quotation marks.

• Outside the parentheses.