Apr 20 - Avoiding Plagiarism: In-text Citations

Today we will...

1. learn how to use reporting verbs appropriately to introduce quotes and paraphrases
2. learn the two major types of in-text citations: author prominent and content prominent

In-text Citations

We have learned how to do APA style reference page, and now we are going to learn in-text citations.

What is in-text citation? How do we do in-text citations correctly? Here is a guideline.

Reporting Verbs

In academic writing, there are certain words that need to be used to introduce quotes and paraphrases, and they are called reporting verbs.

Practice 1

Please open this worksheet, and follow the instructions and answer the questions.

Practice 2

Please open this worksheet, and use the appropriate reporting verbs to fill in the blanks.

Answer Keys

Here is the answer key to practice 1.
Here is the answer key to practice 2.

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  2. In context citations it becomes little bit difficult to summarize in easy way when you even couldn't get the right elements to your hands, so in this case you must need to figure out the good tactics which can further guide you. example of paraphrasing a poem

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