English B1A CLASS PACK - Bakersfield College

INTEGRATING AND CITING SOURCESWhen you write an essay of any kind, including the Argument and the Critique in your S-A-Cs,you need to include references to sources in the form of direct quotations and paraphrases.QUOTINGA DIRECT QUOTATION is when you copy part of what the author said. You must followcertain rules when quoting a source:1. Put quotation marks around the part that you’ve copied.2. Put any periods or commas inside the quotation marks.3. Cite the author, and for print sources also cite the page number.a. If you cite the author’s name in a signal phrase, simply put the page number (ifneeded) in parentheses after the quote, followed by a period.b. If you do not use a signal phrase that includes the author’s name, cite the author’slast name and page number (if needed) in parentheses after the quote, followed bya period.4. Always “sandwich” your quote with an introductory phrase and commentary.5. Always explain how the quote supports your argument.6. Avoid starting or ending a paragraph with a quotation.EXAMPLES:According to Eric Schlosser, “about two-thirds of the nation’s fast food workers” areteenagers (68).The fast food industry prefers to hire teens because they are “easier to control” thanolder, more experienced workers. (Schlosser 68).***See additional examples on p. 92-94 in your MLA Book (section 3.7.1 and 3.7.2).***79