2. Citing a
Direct Quote “The key to the mission was the
innovative idea of combining an aircraft
carrier with the Billys. Japan assumed
itself safe from air threats because
land-based U.S. Army aircraft couldn’t
reach the homeland from Hawaii or
Midway” (Bradley 102).
When you have text that
you want to quote directly,
follow these steps:
Copy the quote word-
for-word, using the
exact same
punctuation, spelling,
etc.
Attribute the author
and the page number
directly after the
quoted text.
Works Cited
Bradley, James. Flyboys: A True Story
of Courage. Little Brown and
Company; New York, 2003.
3. Direct Quote
w/Author in text According to Bradley “the key to the
mission was the innovative idea of
combining an aircraft carrier with the
Billys” (102).
When you have text that
you want to quote directly
but you attribute the
author in the quote, follow
these steps:
Copy the quote word-
for-word, using the
exact same
punctuation, spelling,
etc. after your
attribution.
Attribute only the page
number directly after
the quoted text.
Works Cited
Bradley, James. Flyboys: A True Story
of Courage. Little Brown and
Company; New York, 2003.
Author name here, not
needed in p.r.
Bradley stated “the key to the mission
was the innovative idea of combining
an aircraft carrier with the Billys” (102).
OR…
4. Paraphrasing
When you have text
that you paraphrase,
follow these steps:
Read the quote, then
put the quote in your
own words.
Do not just choose a
few words to change!!
Attribute the author
and the page number
directly after the
quoted text.
Works Cited
Bradley, James. Flyboys: A True Story
of Courage. Little Brown and
Company; New York, 2003.
Text:
Japan assumed itself safe from air
threats because land-based U.S. Army
aircraft couldn’t reach the homeland
from Hawaii or Midway.
Because U.S. aircraft were grounded
Japan thought air attacks weren’t
likely (Bradley 102).
5. Paraphrasing
Read the text to the
right.
Then read the sample
paraphrase below.
Is this is a good
example of
paraphrasing?
Why or why not?
Original Paragraph
The General Assembly should act to allow judges to
impose capital punishment without requiring all 12
jurors to agree on death. All 12 should agree on guilt,
but the penalty phase should be a simple
recommendation to the judge who could impose the
appropriate penalty (Wooten).
The state government should make a law so that
judges can decide the death penalty without 12 jurors
agreeing. The jurors should all agree the criminal is
guilty, but the final punishment should be left up to
the judge (Wooten).
Works Cited
Wooten, Jim. “Death Penalty: Fix What’s Broken.”
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta, GA). 15
Dec 2008: n.p. SIRS Researcher. Web. 07 Oct
2010.
6. Paraphrasing
Read the text to the
right.
Then read the sample
paraphrase below.
Is this is a good
example of
paraphrasing?
Why or why not?
Original Paragraph from Source A
The General Assembly should act to allow judges to
impose capital punishment without requiring all 12
jurors to agree on death. All 12 should agree on guilt,
but the penalty phase should be a simple
recommendation to the judge who could impose the
appropriate penalty.
Laws should be changed so that
once jurors have unanimously
determined a person’s guilt, the
decision to charge capital
punishment should be determined
by the judge, not the jury (Source
A).
7. Working Source
Name into
Paraphrase
Use transitional terms
such as: According to,
furthermore, etc.
Use action verbs such
as: stated, defended,
argued, etc.
Original Paragraph from Source A
The General Assembly should act to allow judges to
impose capital punishment without requiring all 12
jurors to agree on death. All 12 should agree on guilt,
but the penalty phase should be a simple
recommendation to the judge who could impose the
appropriate penalty.
According to Source A laws should
be changed so that once jurors
have unanimously determined a
person’s guilt, the decision to
charge capital punishment should
be determined by the judge, not
the jury.
8. Working Source
Name into
Paraphrase
Original Paragraph from Source A
The General Assembly should act to allow judges to
impose capital punishment without requiring all 12
jurors to agree on death. All 12 should agree on guilt,
but the penalty phase should be a simple
recommendation to the judge who could impose the
appropriate penalty.
Source A stated laws should be
changed so that once jurors have
unanimously determined a
person’s guilt, the decision to
charge capital punishment should
be determined by the judge, not
the jury (Source A).
Use transitional terms
such as: According to,
furthermore, etc.
Use action verbs such
as: stated, defended,
argued, etc.
What’s wrong with
this?
Why isn’t this necessary?
9. Working Source
Name into
Paraphrase
Original Paragraph
The General Assembly should act to allow judges to
impose capital punishment without requiring all 12
jurors to agree on death. All 12 should agree on guilt,
but the penalty phase should be a simple
recommendation to the judge who could impose the
appropriate penalty (Source B).
Judges should make the final
decision as to a criminal’s
punishment. Source B argued that
laws should be changed so that
once jurors have unanimously
determined a person’s guilt, the
decision to charge capital
punishment should be determined
by the judge, not the jury.
Use transitional terms
such as: According to,
furthermore, etc.
Use action verbs such
as: stated, defended,
argued, etc.
Your thought or
argument,
followed by
support from
Source B
10. Works Cited
Bradley, James. Flyboys: A True Story of Courage. Little Brown &
Company; New York, 2003.
The Purdue OWL. Purdue U Writing Lab, 2010. Web. 07 Oct 2010.
Wooten, Jim. "Death Penalty: Fix What's Broken." Atlanta Journal-
Constitution (Atlanta, GA). 15 Dec 2008: n.p. SIRS Researcher.
Web. 07 Oct 2010.
