mla in text citation
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Citing a Direct Quote Air Attacks
“The key to the mission was the innovative idea of combining an aircraft carrier with the Billys. Japan assumed itself safe from air threats because land-based U.S. Army aircraft couldn’t reach the homeland from Hawaii or Midway” (Bradley 102).
When you have text that you want to quote directly,
follow these steps: Copy the quote word-
for-word, using the exact same
punctuation, spelling, etc.
Attribute the author and the page number
directly after the quoted text.
Works Cited
Bradley, James. Flyboys: A True Story
of Courage. Little Brown and
Company; New York, 2003.
Topic of card
Direct Quote w/Author in text Air Attacks
According to Bradley “the key to the mission was the innovative idea of combining an aircraft carrier with the Billys” (102).
When you have text that you want to quote directly
but you attribute the author in the quote, follow
these steps: Copy the quote word-
for-word, using the exact same
punctuation, spelling, etc. after your
attribution. Attribute only the page
number directly after the quoted text.
Works Cited
Bradley, James. Flyboys: A True Story
of Courage. Little Brown and
Company; New York, 2003.
Author name here, not needed in p.r.
Topic
Summary CardText:On December 21, 1941, just two weeks almost to the hour after Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt welcomed his military brain trust into his private study on the second floor of the White House. FDR’s “Big Three” consisted of General George Marshall, the starchy army chief of staff; General Henry “Hap” Arnold, the genial chief of staff of the army of air forces; and Admiral Ernest King, the imperious chief of naval operations. These masters of land, air, and sea were prepared to request troops and equipment (Bradley 98).
Sometimes you will have a large amount of information
that you want to summarize:
Read the passage carefully.
Summarize, or condense, the
information, leaving out minor details.
Focus on the main ideas. Attribute the author and
page number directly after the summarized
text.
Works Cited
Bradley, James. Flyboys: A True Story
of Courage. Little Brown and
Company; New York, 2003.
Roosevelt’s PlanIn response to the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt assembled his top three advisors to begin planning the U.S. counterattack (Bradley 98).
Topic
Summary
Text:Japan assumed itself safe from air threats because land-based U.S. Army aircraft couldn’t reach the homeland from Hawaii or Midway.
Air AttacksBecause U.S. aircraft were grounded Japan thought air attacks weren’t likely (Bradley 102).
Paraphrased Card When you have text
that you paraphrase, follow these steps:
Read the quote, then put the quote in your
own words. Do not just choose a
few words to change!! Attribute the author
and the page number directly after the
quoted text.Works Cited
Bradley, James. Flyboys: A True Story
of Courage. Little Brown and
Company; New York, 2003.
Practice Paraphrasing
Read the text to the right.
Then read the sample paraphrase below. Is this is a good
example of paraphrasing?
Why or why not?
TextThe General Assembly should act to allow judges to impose capital punishment without requiring all 12 jurors to agree on death. All 12 should agree on guilt, but the penalty phase should be a simple recommendation to the judge who could impose the appropriate penalty (Wooten).
Decision on PunishmentThe state government should make a law so that judges can decide the death penalty without 12 jurors agreeing. The jurors should all agree the criminal is guilty, but the final punishment should be left up to the judge (Wooten).
Works Cited
Wooten, Jim. “Death Penalty: Fix What’s Broken.”
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta, GA). 15
Dec 2008: n.p. SIRS Researcher. Web. 07 Oct
2010.
Practice Paraphrasing
Read the text to the right.
Then read the sample paraphrase below. Is this is a good
example of paraphrasing?
Why or why not?
Original Paragraph The General Assembly should act to allow judges to impose capital punishment without requiring all 12 jurors to agree on death. All 12 should agree on guilt, but the penalty phase should be a simple recommendation to the judge who could impose the appropriate penalty (Wooten).
Decision on PunishmentLaws should be changed so that once jurors have unanimously determined a person’s guilt, the decision to charge capital punishment should be determined by the judge, not the jury (Wooten).
Works Cited
Wooten, Jim. “Death Penalty: Fix What’s Broken.”
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta, GA). 15
Dec 2008: n.p. SIRS Researcher. Web. 07 Oct
2010.
Works CitedBradley, James. Flyboys: A True Story of Courage. Little Brown &
Company; New York, 2003.
The Purdue OWL. Purdue U Writing Lab, 2010. Web. 07 Oct 2010.
Wooten, Jim. "Death Penalty: Fix What's Broken." Atlanta Journal-
Constitution (Atlanta, GA). 15 Dec 2008: n.p. SIRS Researcher. Web.
07 Oct 2010.