Skill and Form Number: Crediting Sources #1
Crediting Sources
Brink, Carol R. Caddie Woodlawn. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990
Collier, James L. The Clock. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1995
---. My Brother Sam is Dead. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1984.
Magorian, Michelle. Goodnight Mr. Tom. New York: HarperCollins, 1986.
Van Leeuwen, Jean. Bound for Oregon. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers,
1994.
1. When was Caddie Woodlawn published?
A.
B.
C.
D.
1990
1995
1994
1986
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2. Who is the author of My Brother Sam is Dead?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Simon Schuster
Carol Brink
Unknown
James L. Collier
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3. Silver, Michael. "Rush to the Super Bowl." Sports Illustrated. Dec. 29,
1997
What is the title of the magazine mentioned above?
A.
B.
C.
D.
"Rush to the Super Bowl"
Michael Silver
Sports Illustrated
Silver, Michael.
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4.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. "Young Goodman Brown." Nathaniel Hawthorne's Tales. Ed.
James McIntosh. New York: Norton, 1987. 97-107.
Who is the author of the story cited above?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Goodman Brown
Michael Norton
James McIntosh
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5. Which author should be listed first in a Works Cited page?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Roger Miller
Adam Miller
Tom Matthews
Peter Marcuse
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6. Silver, Michael. "Rush to the Super Bowl." Sports Illustrated. Dec. 29,
1997
What is the title of the article mentioned above?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Sports Illustrated
Michael Silver
"Rush to the Super Bowl"
Silver, Michael.
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7.
"First of all, it [the federal government] must accept responsibility for providing shelter
for the homeless."
—Amy Douma, "Helping the Homeless"
In the quotation above, why are the words [the federal government] put in brackets?
A.
B.
C.
D.
They are not the author's original words.
Amy Douma speaks them.
They are spelled incorrectly.
They are the title of the book.
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8. Which of the following should appear on a Works Cited page?
A.
B.
C.
D.
There are several species of wrens in North America.
Stein, Jenny. Birds of North America. Toronto: Phagin, 1941.
crest - tuft on the head
wrens (house) — 10-12, 15, 19
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1
William Lee to John Adams, 15 November 1780, in Papers of John Adams, ed. Robert
J. Taylor et al. (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1977- ).
2 The Wealth of Nations, edited by Edwin Connan (London, Cass, 1925), II, pp. 351-2.
3 Freud, Sigmund. Totem and Taboo. New York: Random, 1918.
4 Connecticut Courant, 21 November 1796.
9. Based on the above footnotes, who edited the The Wealth of Nations?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Edwin Connan
William Lee
Robert J. Taylor
John Adams
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10. In which city was Totem and Taboo published?
A.
B.
C.
D.
London
Cambridge
Conneticut
New York
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Answers
1. A
2. D
3. C
4. A
5. D
6. C
7. A
8. B
9. A
10. D
Explanations
1. The publication date for this book is listed at the very end of a bibliographic citation. Caddie
Woodlawn was published in 1990.
2. If you cite more than one work by the same author, the author's name is replaced with three
hyphens after the first entry. The three hyphens in the Recommended Reading List refer to
James L. Collier, the author of The Clock and My Brother Sam is Dead.
3. Titles of magazines are listed in italics in citations. Sports Illustrated is the title of the
magazine in this reference.
4. In book citations, the author's last name is listed first, followed by a comma and the first name.
Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote the short story "Young Goodman Brown," which can be found in the
book entitled Nathaniel Hawthorn's Tales." James McIntosh is the editor of the book.
5. A works cited list appears at the end of a research paper and alphabetically lists all of the
sources cited within the paper. The authors are listed alphabetically by last name. Peter Marcuse
would be the author listed first based on the spelling of his last name.
6. Titles of short texts, like articles and short stories, are listed in "quotes." "Rush to the Super
Bowl" is the title of the article in this citation.
7. Brackets are placed around words that are not part of an original quotation. The words, the
federal government, are placed in brackets because they weren't the original words of Amy
Douma, the author. Someone else added them to explain what the author meant when she used
the word "it."
8. A Works Cited page is a list of the sources (works) used in a report or essay. A citation
provides the name of the author, book, publisher, city of publication, and date.
Skill and Form Number: Crediting Sources #1
9. If you read the passage carefully, you will notice that the editor of the book The Wealth of
Nations is Edwin Connan. Footnotes are used to give credit to sources of any material borrowed,
summarized, or paraphrased. They are intended to refer readers to the exact pages of the works
listed in the Works Cited, References, or Bibliography section.
10. Read the information carefully. You will see that footnote 3 mentions the place of
publication along with information on author and year.
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