8.13 – In-Text Citations Activity

In-text citation practice

In this section, complete the following three activities to practice creating parenthetical and narrative in-text citations by typing in the in-text citation.


In-text citation practice (Text version)

Fill in the missing in-text citation using the reference citation provided above each sentence. Click on the information bubble for help if needed.

  1. Matching reference citation for the following question:
    Den Heyer, K. (2009). Implicated and called upon: Challenging an educated position of self, others, knowledge and knowing as things to acquire. Critical Literacy: Theories and Practices, 3(1), 26-36. http://www.criticalliteracyjournal.org/Complete this sentence with the parenthetical citation for this paraphrased sentence:
    The purpose of information mastery is often to ensure student success on standardized testing in order to show schools and school boards how well students are learning from their teachers (              ).
  2. Matching reference citation for the following question:
    Peck, C. (2011). Ethnicity and students’ historical understandings. In P. Clark (Ed.), New possibilities for the past: Shaping history education in Canada (pp. 305-324). UBC Press.Complete this sentence with the narrative citation for this paraphrased sentence:
    It is important to consider all perspectives when representing history because, according to                              .
  3. Matching reference citation for the following question:
    Anderson, C., Carrell, A., & Widdifield, J. L. (2010). What every student should know about citing sources with APA documentation. Allyn & Bacon.
    The quote is from page 13.Complete this sentence with the parenthetical citation for this direct short quote sentence:
    Students can sometimes “get overwhelmed with citation but with experts like librarians to help them learn the basics they are able to succeed” (                                           ).

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Attribution & References

This chapter (text & H5P activities) is adapted from “In-text citations activity” In APA Style Citation Tutorial by Sarah Adams and Debbie Feisst, University of Alberta Library, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 International License


  1. 1. (Den Heyer, 2009), 2. Peck (2011), 3. (Anderson et al., 2010, p. 13).

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