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In your Lesson No. 1, I asked you to go back and add parenthetical citations. Parenthetical citations are used when information is take directly from the text (novel, short story, etc.) or is so closely worded that credit must be given to the author. To do this for a short story, let me give you an example.

Let's say that I was quoting something from //To Kill a Mockingbir//and I was writing about how deplorably Mrs. Dubose treated children. To use Harper Lee's exact words, I need to give her credit. Let's say I used the following sentence:

Mrs. Dubose's unkindness to Scout is evident when Scout, in a moment of kindness to the deplorale old woman, greets her warmly from the sidewalk. Mrs. Dubose quickly retorts with her scalding "don't you say //hey// to me, ugly girl" (Lee 45) comment.

Since I used words from the text, I had to give Harper Lee credit with her name and page number.

Now, let's say I changed the sentence a bit and used Lee's name in the sentence. If this is the case, then I only add the page number. Harper Lee's character Mrs. Dubose further shows unkindness to Scout when Scout, in a moment of kindness to the deplorale old woman, greets her warmly from the sidewalk. Mrs. Dubose quickly retorts with her scalding "don't you say //hey// to me, ugly girl" (45).

NOTICE THE PUNCTATION GOES OUTSIDE THE PARENTHESES. ALSO, IF I ADD MY OWN COMMENTS LIKE THE WORD "COMMENT" IN THE FIRST EXAMPLE, THEN I PLACE THE PARENTHETICAL CITATION DIRECTLY AFTER THE WORDS I AM QUOTING; OTHERWISE, I WOULD HAVE PLACED IT AT THE END OF THJE SENTENCE LIKE THE SECOND EXAMPLE. NEVER PUT WORDS INTO AN AUTHOR'S MOUTH THAT HE/SHE DID NOT USE. Since you are citing information from a short story, use the author's last name and page number as well.

GIVE THIS A SHOT, MW. ADD 4-5 PARENTHETICAL CITATIONS TO YOUR ESSAY ABOVE. ONCE YOU DO THIS, UPLOAD YOUR DOCUMENT TO THIS PAGE BY CHOOSING FILE/UPLOAD FILE/CHOOSE EMBED/ THEN CLICK ON THE DOCUMENT AND EXIT THE PAGE. IT WILL ADD AT THIS POINT. TROUBLE? EMAIL TO ME ON Bb. ﻿Hi Ms.W, Since I am reading the short story online I do not have page numbers. Should I instead put the line number in parentheses? MW

YES! THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT. :)

﻿Here is my corrected document. I followed the line numbers from the website.

I'm reading Jane Eyre right now and she is getting to know Mr.Rochester. My question is, is he African American? When she helps him after his horse incident she describes him as dark. NO, HE IS NOT, BUT REMEMBER THAT WHITE, PAEL SKIN WAS DEEMED MOST BEAUTIFUL. THOSE OF A DARKER COMPLEXTION WERE NOT CONSIDERED AS ATTRACTIVE. REMEMBER THE BOOK //HELEN OF TROY?// THEY SPOKE OF HER FAIR SKIN AND ITS BEAUTY.

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