Study the excerpts of an essay with in-text citations and answer the questions that follow. Please also discuss your answers on the blog.
1. Satisfied with the ruling, Brendan Walsh of Viva House stated, “Members of the community can now evaluate whether the money is better spent on surveillance equipment or on services such as libraries and schools” (ACLU, 2001, para. 5).
Question: What does para. 5 say about the cited information?
2. The US Department of Defense reported that “from the halls of Congress to New York street corners, Americans are calling for more military involvement in homeland defense” (Garamone, 2001).
Question: Is the in-text citation complete?
3. John Whitehead (2001) makes an important point: “In the end, the real danger of surveillance programs is that they leave us thinking about what we should not be doing, rather than free to consider the possibilities of what we can” (para 13).
Question: Write down all the elements of citation/attribution found in the excerpt above.
4. In Tacoma, Washington, cameras were damaged so badly by gangs that the police department had to replace them. Then, they had to spend more time and money designing new ways to mount and protect the cameras (Police, 1996).
Question: What type of material does the excerpt above show? (Direct quote or Paraphrase?)
5. Boal states “It’s all about balancing a sense of security against an invasion of privacy” (Boal, 1998, para. 7).
Question: Is the in-text citation written correctly?
1. It states where the information is taken from the article, specifically from its paragraph.
ReplyDelete2. No. There should be a referenced paragraph stated at the last part of the in-text citation.
3. Name: John Whitehead. Year of publication: 2001. Paragraph: 13.
4. Paraphrase.
5. No. The first part should be the title of the article.
1. Para.5 states that the information or statement cited is from the specific source and specific paragraph.
ReplyDelete2. No, it is missing page number or paragraph of the directly quoted material.
3. Author: John Whitehead, Year of publication: 2001, Quoted from paragraph number: 13
4. Paraphrase
5. No, the year of publication should be placed before the word 'states' and it would be = Boal (1998) states, "It's all about balancing a sense of security against an invasion of privacy" (para.7) or just only the direct quotation and write (Boal, 1998, para.7) after the quotation.
1. It states where the word or information is cited in a specific source or paragraph
ReplyDelete2. No, the page number or paragraph where it is cited is not mentioned in it
3. Author: John Whitehead
Year of Publication: 2001
Paragraph number: 13
4. Paraphrase
5. No, since it was an author or the specified name of the article, it should've been Boal (1998) states, but still place (para.7) after the end of the sentence.
1. Source of information; author, year of publication, and paragraph
ReplyDelete2. No, it's missing the specific number of the paragraph
3. The author : John Witehead, year of publication : 2001, paragraph nmbr : 13
4. Paraphrase
5. It should be:
- Boal (1998) states “It’s all about balancing a sense of security against an invasion of privacy” (para. 7).
or
- “It’s all about balancing a sense of security against an invasion of privacy” (Boal, 1998, para. 7).
Jessica Kurniawati Putri
1. It states the statement, author name, year of publication and also number of the paragraf
ReplyDelete2. No, just forgot to put the page number in the end of the in-text citation
3. Author : John Whitehead
Year of Publication : 2001
Paragraph :13
4. Paraphrase
5. No, it must put the year of publication between the author name and the title of the article