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Parenthetical Citations: • The Basics: –(author’s last name page number). –(Ibsen 1735). • For SHAKESPEAREAN PLAYS: –(ACT scene line #s). –(IV.iii.16-20). Parentheticals DO’s and DON’Ts: • DO put a PERIOD after the last parenthesis, NOT at the end of the quote: –Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263). • DO NOT include the author’s name if you already said it in the sentence: –Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (263). About Question Marks: • Do NOT put a question mark after the last parenthesis UNLESS the whole sentence is a question. –Is it possible that dreams may express "profound aspects of personality" (Foulkes 184)? –Kurt Koffka, a Gestalt psychologist, asked "Why do humans see their minds in terms of elementary parts?" (Gray 74). • (You still need that final period.) The Works Cited Page: • ENTIRE page must be DOUBLE-SPACED. • Works must be LISTED ALPHABETICALLY by AUTHOR’S LAST NAME. • Use REVERSE (HANGING) INDENTATION: Ibsen, Henrik. A Doll House. The Bedford Introduction to th Literature. Ed. Michael Meyer. 8 ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2008. 1713-1761. Print. About Titles: • Titles of books (novels, plays) must ALWAYS be ITALICIZED when typing (underlined when hand-writing). (EXCEPTION: a play that can be read in one sitting) • THE RULE: –Long works, divided into parts, that cannot be read in one sitting: italicize (underline) –Short works that can be read in one sitting: use quotations marks
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