Mr. Cowlin's Answer to Citation Quiz 1

Some of you were making things too complicated, I think. Quoting and citing is easier than some of you think. Take a look...

"My mother looked over at me. I saw how tired she was,

and she must have seen the pain I was in."

What are the important words in that quotation? In my opinion...

"My mother looked over at me. I saw how tired she was, 

and she must have seen the pain I was in."

Therefore, here is an acceptable answer...

Toby's looks over at his mother and sees how "tired" she is (Wolff 79).

She then notices how much "pain" Toby is in (Wolff 79).

All you really need, in this case, are those two words. Now, you can certainly cite more if you like. Just try not to make it too hard on yourselves.