In-Text Citations

In-Text Citations Activity

In this section, complete the following three activities to practice creating narrative and parenthetical in-text citations.

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What core elements do you need for an in-text citation using this source? For example: Author, Title of source, or Location, etc…

 

Creating In-text Citations from Works Cited List Entries

For the next two questions, use the works cited entry to help you fill in in the missing elements of the in-text citation.

Works Cited Entry #1

Walker, Margaret. “The Struggle Staggers Us.” Poetry Foundation, July 1938, www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?contentId=22079.

Works Cited Entry #2

Ou, Li. Keats and Negative Capability. Continuum, 2009. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e000xna&AN=306656&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

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