Question 1

(Zusak 56) is an example of what kind of citation?

Accepted Answer

Parenthetical reference

Answer

Page-Author format

Answer

Signal phrase

Answer

Block style

Question 2

A comma or a period should come between the author's last name and page number.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 3

Use block style for quotes longer than 2 lines.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 4

What's the correct formatting of block style quotes?

Accepted Answer

Double spaced, indented 1/2", no quotation marks, and citation AFTER the end punctuation

Answer

Double spaced, indented 1", no quotation marks, and citation BEFORE the end punctuation

Answer

Single spaced, indented 1/2", quotation marks, and the citation AFTER the end punctuation

Answer

Citation and a colon precede the quote that is indented 1/2", double spaced and without quotation marks

Question 5

How does a signal phrase differ from a parenthetical citation?

Accepted Answer

A signal phrase uses the author's name in the tag before the evidence, leaving only the page number in the parentheses.

Answer

There is no difference

Answer

A signal phrase uses the page number before the evidence, leaving only the author's name in parentheses.

Answer

A signal phrase includes both the author's name and page number before the evidence, requiring no parentheses after it.

Question 6

Where do parenthetical citations belong?

Accepted Answer

At the end of the sentence

Answer

In the middle of a line

Answer

At the beginning of the sentence

Answer

Directly after a quote

Question 7

Where does the period belong with a parenthetical citation that is NOT in block style?

Accepted Answer

After the citation

Answer

Before the citation

Answer

Inside the quotation marks

Answer

No end punctuation required

Question 8

If using a summary, paraphrase, or reference, you still cite the same way you would a short direct quote.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 9

What do brackets within a quote indicate?

Accepted Answer

Words have been inserted for clarity

Answer

Words have been rearranged

Answer

The author did it that way in the text

Answer

Words have been omitted

Question 10

What do ellipses in a quote indicate?

Accepted Answer

Words have been omitted

Answer

Words have been inserted

Answer

Words have been rearranged

Answer

The author put them there for confusion

Question 11

If I wanted to only quote the second half of a sentence, do I need ellipses at the beginning?

Accepted Answer

No

Answer

Yes

Question 12

If a question mark or exclamation point is the end punctuation within a quote, does it stay within the quotation marks?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Answer

No

Question 13

Poetry, not prose, uses what mark in between lines?

Accepted Answer

a slash /

Answer

a dash --

Answer

ellipses . . .

Answer

a hyphen -

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