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Editing In-text Citations

Food in America Sample Quoted Text. Editing In-text Citations. If the author’s last name is cited in the signal phrase, you DO NOT need a parenthetical reference. INCORRECT

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Editing In-text Citations

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  1. Food in America Sample Quoted Text Editing In-text Citations

  2. If the author’s last name is cited in the signal phrase, you DO NOT need a parenthetical reference. • INCORRECT • Our portion sizes seem to have almost more than doubled. This is best illustrated in The Sacramento Bee by reporter Shannon Brownlee when she states that “Fast food wasn’t any healthier back then; we simply ate a lot less of it.” (Brownlee) • CORRECT • Our portion sizes seem to have almost more than doubled. This is best illustrated in The Sacramento Bee by reporter Shannon Brownlee when she states that “Fast food wasn’t any healthier back then; we simply ate a lot less of it.”

  3. If the author’s name is not used in the signal phrase you MUST have a parenthetical reference. • MOSTLY CORRECT • In If You Pitch It, They Will Eat, the reporter David Barboza states that “Professor McNeal at Texas A&M says the companies are a scapegoat. ‘I don’t think they should be singled out. Mom blames everyone but herself. There’s an abdication of the parent’s role. You’ve got 70 percent of moms who are working, so when they’re home they try to please their kids.’” • CORRECT BUT BETTER WRITTEN • In “If You Pitch It, They Will Eat,” Texas A&M professor of marketing, James McNeal “says the companies are a scapegoat. ‘I don’t think they should be singled out ... Mom blames everyone but herself. There’s an abdication of the parents’ role. You’ve got 70 percent of moms who are working, so when they’re home they try to please their kids’”(Barboza).

  4. Reporter Daniel Weintraub in The Sacramento Bee states “It’s the fault of parents who let their kids eat unhealthy foods and sit in front of the television or computer for hours at a time.”(Weintraub) • CORRECT • Reporter Daniel Weintraub in The Sacramento Bee states “It’s the fault of parents who let their kids eat unhealthy foods and sit in front of the television or computer for hours at a time.”

  5. Points to remember: • When citing an author the first time, use his/her full name and descriptor. • If you use the same author again, ONLY USE the writer’s LAST NAME! • Use multiple sources in your papers. Don’t just use Barboza or just Brownlee. • You do not need page numbers for the citations in this paper.

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