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Parenthetical Documentation

Parenthetical Documentation. What Is It?. When you look up information and use it, you need to show your audience right away that it’s not you who said what is being said. That’s when you use parenthetical citations. Parenthetical---> Use parentheses () Citation-  Give credit.

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Parenthetical Documentation

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  1. Parenthetical Documentation

  2. What Is It? • When you look up information and use it, you need to show your audience right away that it’s not you who said what is being said. • That’s when you use parenthetical citations. • Parenthetical---> Use parentheses () • Citation- Give credit

  3. How to Cite Parenthetically • Put the author’s name in parentheses, then the page number • Example: (Jones, 341) • If the author’s name is unknown, write down a key word or two from the title of the piece being cited, then the page number • Example: (“Value”, 341) • On-line, if you don’t click over to a new page, ignore the page number • Example: (Jones)

  4. Example • According to Bill James, author of Baseball Abstract, “Babe Ruth is the greatest baseball player of all time, and it’s not even close” (Abstract, 412).

  5. Example • According the Kentucky’s ILP web site, CareerCruising.com, becoming a barber is relatively easy (Jones).

  6. Try It • Title of article: “Why Women Are Smarter than Men” • Magazine: Cosmo • Found: On-line (www.cosmo.com/smarter_women.url.) • Page number: 4 • Author: Stella James

  7. Try Again • Title of article: “Why Men Are Smarter than Women” • Magazine: Gentlemen’s Quarterly • Found: On-line (www.cosmo.com/smarter_women.url.) • Page number: None • Author: None

  8. Try Again • Title of article: “Ruben Amaro: Mexico’s Greatest Shortstop” • Magazine: Sports Illustrated • Found: On-line (www.si-cnnn.com.) • Page number: 3 • Author: Fidel Fatima • (Fatima, 3)

  9. Try Again • Title of article: “Josh Hartnett: America’s Hearthrob” • Magazine: Tiger Beat • Found: On-line (www.tiger_beat.com/j_hartnett.) • Page number: None • Author: None • (“Hearthrob”)

  10. Try Again • Title of article: “Where’s My Demon? Ten Years with The Omen’s Damian” • Magazine: Fangoria • Found: On-line (www.tiger_beat.com/j_hartnett.) • Page number: 35 • Author: James Lee • (Lee, 35)

  11. Hyphens & Dashes • Ne’er-do-well • Problem-child • Ultra-clean • State-sponsored • flavor-infused • I went to the store– grudgingly. • I tried to tell her how I felt– but couldn’t. • Josh is not using his brain– willfully. • Josh is the type of student that any teacher would want– to throw in a ditch. • The problem– willful stupidity and a decreasing work ethic– is pandemic to the school.

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