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Book Reviews
Parenthetical
Citations in Book Reviews
(Quick-Check Version)
- Provide
page numbers only for quotations.
- Place
page numbers inside parentheses.
- Place
parenthetical notes immediately after quotations.
- Treat
parenthetical page numbers as part of sentences:
they fit inside punctuation as you would words.
- e.g.,
The author asserts that "there was no
choice" (34).
- e.g.,
The author makes this "ghastly assertion"
(51), and then he moves one without clarification.
- e.g.,
The author claims that "the president
had no choice . . ." (151).
Block
quotations:
Put
the parenthetical note outside the period in order
to keep it outside the quotation. (96)
(1)
WHERE SHOULD THE PARENTHETICAL REFERENCE GO?
(2)
WHERE SHOULD THE SUPERSCRIPT GO?
INSTRUCTIONS:
INDICATE
WHERE YOU WOULD PUT (1) THE PARENTHETICAL PAGE
NUMBER IN A BOOK REVIEW AND (2)
THE SUPERSCRIPT IN A RESEARCH PAPER. (Make spacing
clear.)
The
king had only four hundred "brave and courageous"
men with which to fight the invading forces.
According
to his biographer, President McKinley wanted "to
avoid a war but not if it meant going against
public opinion."He wanted "to avoid
a war but not if it meant going against public
opinion," although historians still argue
about this point. [DOCUMENT ONLY THE QUOTATION.]
"The
war had no meaning for this part of the country";
they gave little thought to anything that did
not immediately affect their daily work. [DOCUMENT
ONLY THE QUOTATION.]
Who
said that Americans had "nothing to fear
but fear itself"?
Women
have often asked, "Why can't I serve in combat?"
Kutler
credits the Court with thoughtful concern. As
he explains,
At
the outset, [Chief Justice Roger] Taney acknowledged
that the case presented questions of the "gravest
character." He also noted that great pecuniary
interests were at stake and, as in most legal
choices, all sides would be affected, and someone
harmed.
The
slaves believed that "they played a major
role in the Underground Railroad . . . ."
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