1. PARENTHETICAL CITATIONS: MINI-LESSON TAKE NOTES PLEASE!

2. What is it?!  What other word do you see in “parenthetical”?  Parenthetical citations (also called “in-text” citations) give credit to the author when you use his/her work  Citing an author actually makes you look smarter. You’ll give the author credit by placing his/her last name inside 2 parenthesis  In English, this practice is good scholarship

3. Step 1  Take the information (fact/quote) you want to use  Put it in your paper

4. Step 2  Put quotation marks around it (like dialogue) Fact I want to use in an article…  Even though it’s illegal in India, over 200,000 child laborers are still working in dangerous coal mines. Here’s how it’ll look in my paper…  “Even though it’s illegal in India, over 200,000 child laborers are still working in dangerous coal mines.”

5. Step 3  Remove the period “Even though it’s illegal in India, over 200,000 child labors are still working in dangerous coal mines ”

6. Step 4 …  After the last quotation mark and before the period, insert the author’s last name and the page number inside a pair of parenthesis, separated by a comma …dangerous coal mines”

7. Step 5 …  Put a period at the very end – outside the parenthesis. …dangerous coal mines”

9. Recap of Parenthetical Citation  Step 1: Take the information you want  Step 2: Put quotation marks around it  Step 3: Take out the period  Step 4: Insert the author’s last name and page number inside 2 parenthesis, separated by a comma  Step 5: Place the period at the very end

10. Let’s see it in action!  I Google searched, and I found an article written by New York’s top engineer Richard Mora. Here’s a fact I liked… ___________________________________________________________________  1. There are 722 miles of subway track in New York City. (Now I want to put it in my paper)  2. “There are 722 miles of subway track in New York City.”  3. “There are 722 miles of subway track in New York City”   4. “There are 722 miles of subway track in New York City” (Mora, 23)  5. “There are 722 miles of subway track in New York City” (Mora, 23).