1. Citation Templates & 3-Part Source Integration Templates

2. Why use templates?
Templates are used to help writers construct high quality sentences with the appropriate information required in academic writing A B C

3. Citing One Source
(Author’s name) (argues, asserts, concludes, contends, emphasizes, has determined, highlights the fact, maintains, insists, mentions, notes, points out, reports, states, suggests) that _____________ (page number).
Example:
John Hughes argues that Martin Luther King, Jr. was a well respected leader (234).

4. Citing One Source
According to (author’s name), ___________________________ (page number).
Example:
According to John Hughes, life was difficult for the family of King (19).

5. Citing One Source
(Author’s name) (examines, explores, focuses on) ______________________________ (page number).
Example:
Hughes explores the relationship between Martin Luther King, Jr. and his father (342).

6. Citing One Source
(Your Leader’s Name), (Author’s Name) (argues, asserts, concludes, contends, emphasizes), was _______________________________ (page number).
Example:
King, Hughes concludes, was a formidable leader in the early 1960’s (431).

7. Citing One Source
As (Author’s Name) (argues, asserts, concludes, contends, emphasizes, has determined, highlights the fact, maintains, insists, mentions, notes, points out, reports, states, suggests), _______________________________ (page number).
Example:
As Hughes points out, Martin Luther King, Jr. was an exceptional leader (233).

8. Citing One Source
It can be argued, as (Author’s Name) does, that _____________________________ (page number).
Example:
It can be argued, as Hughes does, that King was determined to make live better for all Americans (131).

9. Integrating material from more than one source:
(Author A) and (Author B) agree that ____________________________________________.
Example:
Hughes and Lewis agree that Martin Luther King, Jr. was the leader of the civil rights leader.

10. Integrating material from more than one source:
Though (Author A) points out that __________________________, (Author B) argues that ___________________________________________.
Example:
Though Hughes points out that King was a great father, Lewis suggested otherwise.

11. Integrating material from more than one source:
(Author A) agrees with (Author B) about ___________________________________________; however, (Author A) disagrees with (Author B) about ___________________________________________.
Example:
Hughes agrees with Lewis about King’s ability to lead a powerful movement; however, Hughes disagrees with Lewis about his assessment of King as a faithful husband.

12. 3-Part Source Integration Technique
Source & Author’s Name
Citation Verb
Citation
Citation’s importance

13. 3-Part Source Integration Technique
In the article, “Poverty in America,” James Turk
suggests
that poverty “is the result of numerous factors” (13).
This means that addressing the issue of poverty is challenging at best.
Citation Verbs
argues
asserts
concludes
contends
discusses
points out that
examines
explores
focuses on
maintains
mentions
highlights the fact that
notes
reports
states
suggests
emphasizes
has determined that
Source & Author’s Name
Citation Verb
Citation
Citation’s importance

14. Which example gets the “A”?
Poverty “is the result of numerous factors” (Turk 13).
Example #2:
In the article, “Poverty in America,” James Turk suggests that poverty “is the result of numerous factors” (13). This means that addressing the issue of poverty is challenging at best.

15. 3-Part Source Integration Technique
World Vision, in their article “Poverty: Many Causes,”
contends
that the cause of poverty is more than the absence of resources (5).
This indicates that simply giving the poor money will not solve the issue of poverty.
Citation Verbs
argues
asserts
concludes
contends
discusses
points out that
examines
explores
focuses on
maintains
mentions
highlights the fact that
notes
reports
states
suggests
emphasizes
has determined that
Source & Author’s Name
Citation Verb
Citation
Citation’s importance

16. Practice