Practicing Using The Canterbury Tales & “Lord Randall”

 Quote: Exact copy of words (sentence)  Paraphrase: Rephrased passage (paragraph)  Summarize: Main ideas (entire text)

 Today  Works Cited & Parenthetical Documentation  Tomorrow  Outline & Parts of Paragraph  Thursday  Website Citations & Parenthetical References  Friday  Note Cards  Monday  Quote Integration

Works Cited Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Canterbury Tales Elements of Literature: Sixth Course. Austin: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Print.

 (Author’s Last Name Page or Line Number).  Verse = Line: Poem, play, song, etc.  Prose = Page: Story, article, book, etc.  Copy the numbers from the original text. If they aren’t any, you don’t need any!

 Parenthetical Reference Sample: The journey begins while “…in April the sweet showers fall / and pierce the drought of March to the root…” (Chaucer 1-2).  Lines 1 and 2 were written by Chaucer (referencing the Works Cited page).  Chaucer is listed on the Works Cited page.

 PRACTICE: Directions: Fill in the parenthetical reference for the example below. These are lines  The pilgrims travel “To seek the holy blissful martyr, quick/To give his help to them when they were sick”  (Author’s Last Name____ Line Number____).

Graduation Project Practice

Last Name, First Name. “Original Text Title.” Original Text Year. Textbook Title. City of Publication: Publisher, Copyright. Page(s). Source (Print or Electronic).

 His mother asks, “Oh, where ha’e ye been, Lord Randall, my son?” (__________).  If there is an author, always use the name.  If there is NOT an author, use the title of text.  Whatever comes first in the citation is the parenthetical reference.

 Example: What does Lord Randall ask his mother to do in every stanza?  Lord Randall asks his mother to make his bed because he doesn’t feel well and needs to lie down (“Lord Randall” 3-4).