Citation Templates & 3-Part Source Integration Templates

Why use templates? Templates are used to help writers construct high quality sentences with the appropriate information required in academic writing A B C

Citing One Source (Author’s name) (argues, asserts, concludes, contends, emphasizes, has determined, highlights the fact, maintains, insists, mentions, notes, points out, reports, states, suggests) that _____________ (page number). Example: John Hughes argues that Martin Luther King, Jr. was a well respected leader (234).

Citing One Source According to (author’s name), ___________________________ (page number). Example: According to John Hughes, life was difficult for the family of King (19).

Citing One Source (Author’s name) (examines, explores, focuses on) ______________________________ (page number). Example: Hughes explores the relationship between Martin Luther King, Jr. and his father (342).

Citing One Source (Your Leader’s Name), (Author’s Name) (argues, asserts, concludes, contends, emphasizes), was _______________________________ (page number). Example: King, Hughes concludes, was a formidable leader in the early 1960’s (431).

Citing One Source As (Author’s Name) (argues, asserts, concludes, contends, emphasizes, has determined, highlights the fact, maintains, insists, mentions, notes, points out, reports, states, suggests), _______________________________ (page number). Example: As Hughes points out, Martin Luther King, Jr. was an exceptional leader (233).

Citing One Source It can be argued, as (Author’s Name) does, that _____________________________ (page number). Example: It can be argued, as Hughes does, that King was determined to make live better for all Americans (131).

Integrating material from more than one source: (Author A) and (Author B) agree that ____________________________________________. Example: Hughes and Lewis agree that Martin Luther King, Jr. was the leader of the civil rights leader.

Integrating material from more than one source: Though (Author A) points out that __________________________, (Author B) argues that ___________________________________________. Example: Though Hughes points out that King was a great father, Lewis suggested otherwise.

Integrating material from more than one source: (Author A) agrees with (Author B) about ___________________________________________; however, (Author A) disagrees with (Author B) about ___________________________________________. Example: Hughes agrees with Lewis about King’s ability to lead a powerful movement; however, Hughes disagrees with Lewis about his assessment of King as a faithful husband.

3-Part Source Integration Technique Source & Author’s Name Citation Verb Citation Citation’s importance

3-Part Source Integration Technique In the article, “Poverty in America,” James Turk suggests that poverty “is the result of numerous factors” (13). This means that addressing the issue of poverty is challenging at best. Citation Verbs argues asserts concludes contends discusses points out that examines explores focuses on maintains mentions highlights the fact that notes reports states suggests emphasizes has determined that Source & Author’s Name Citation Verb Citation Citation’s importance

Which example gets the “A”? Poverty “is the result of numerous factors” (Turk 13). Example #2: In the article, “Poverty in America,” James Turk suggests that poverty “is the result of numerous factors” (13). This means that addressing the issue of poverty is challenging at best.

3-Part Source Integration Technique World Vision, in their article “Poverty: Many Causes,” contends that the cause of poverty is more than the absence of resources (5). This indicates that simply giving the poor money will not solve the issue of poverty. Citation Verbs argues asserts concludes contends discusses points out that examines explores focuses on maintains mentions highlights the fact that notes reports states suggests emphasizes has determined that Source & Author’s Name Citation Verb Citation Citation’s importance

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