Question

Provide a proper parenthetical citation for this quotation:

President Barack Obama is making history during his four-day trip to Africa. He is now the first sitting U.S. president to visit Kenya and Ethiopia. On Tuesday, he will become the first American president to address the African Union.

Author Allie Mann

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Answer 1

sorry i suck at quotations I'm on this subject at school right now to I'm sorry hope you get some help :)

Answer 2

thank you its alright

Answer 3

(Mann) is probably the way it's done. Never done a parenthetical without a page number, but with the page number it would be something like (Mann, p. 14) so...

Answer 4

i dont get it

Answer 5

Parenthetical citations are used in writing so that the reader can read the quote, then see the parenthetic citation, then refer to the bibliography and know what source the quote was found in.

Answer 6

@ilovebmth1234 Do you know if it is supposed to be in MLA or APA format?

Answer 7

MLA

Answer 8

"President Barack Obama is making history during his four-day trip to Africa. He is now the first sitting U.S. president to visit Kenya and Ethiopia. On Tuesday, he will become the first American president to address the African Union" (Mann, Allie).

Answer 9

Actually, you just need the last name. Only use first names in the format (A, Mann) if there are two authors with the same name.

So go with (Mann).

Answer 10

thanks :D

Answer 11

(A. Mann) period not a comma, mb.

Answer 12

No problem

Answer 13

true or false

Answer 14

You only need to provide a parenthetical citation for direct quotations.

Answer 15

You need parenthetical citations for indirect quotations, because whilst you are not using the authors work, word-for-word, you are using their thoughts and ideas to generate your own(words).

Answer 16

Just think, if you wrote an entire essay on a subject and someone retrieved information from your essay...even if they didn't use it word-for-word, wouldn't you want credit since they used your thoughts and ideas to complete their own work?

Answer 17

i guess just depends on how important the essay was lol sorry i understand what your saying i do

Answer 18

Yeah :)

Answer 19

As long as everything's resolved, lol. So I was right, I guess?

Answer 20

yeah thank you

Answer 21

Do you have any other questions?

Answer 22

no i dont thank you