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DP Extended Essay: In-Text Citations, Figures, Tables

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In-text Citations Examples:

"The in-text citation should direct the reader unambiguously to the entry in your works-cited list for the source -- and, if possible, to a passage in the source -- while creating the least possible interruption in your text" (MLA Handbook 54-5).

 

According to Naomi Baron, reading is "just half of literacy. The other half is writing" (194). One might even suggest that reading is never complete without writing.

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Reading is "just half of literacy. The other half is writing" (Baron 194). One might even suggest that reading is never complete without writing.

Work Cited
Baron, Naomi S. "Redefining Reading: The Impact of Digital Communication Media." PMLA, vol. 128, no. 1, Jan. 2013, pp. 193-200.

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