Post on 01-Jan-2016
Citing Sources for SAGE
Citing Your Sources
•When referring to evidence and information from passages, students should use paraphrasing and short quotations. To credit sources, students should use informal, in-text citations (e.g., MLA author or title tags).
Informal Citation
Citing Your Sources
Ex: The text “In Praise of Careful Science” says “Most of the time, scientists work for decades and make very few mistakes.”
Or, you can use a tag at the end of the sentence:
Ex: Romantic poetry is described as the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth). Author Tag
Citing Your Sources
Ex: The Scottish had different patterns that
showed what clan a person was in (McClellen and
Bree).Author Tag
Citing Your Sources
If you don’t know the author, use all or part of the title.
Ex:"Standardized tests could effectively measure student understanding"
(American Testing).
Title Tag
Use all the sources
YOU ARE GIVEN.
Use and Cite the sources for your Essay
Important hints
Follow Directions
Set sound and color carefully
•Once you begin testing, you will not be able to change them.
Take the time you need
But don’t waste your time.
Use RAFTS
•Role
•Audience
•Format
•Task
•Strong Key Words
Use Argument essay format
Bring these items to the lab
Today we will be in
Lab 201