Comic：Citation
【明報專訊】The Smarties are learning how to include citations in their writing at school. Eason seems very satisfied with his own work.
“ MoMo: Writing the footnotes took me a lot of time. ”
“ Dr Panda: The citation part is really hard. ”
“ Eason: Just a piece of cake. ”
“ MoMo: You have five pages of citations! ”
“ Eason: What? I should at least get a pass! ”
“ Dr Panda: You quoted your own words. They're not credible sources. ”
■English highway﹕a piece of cake
We use "a piece of cake" to describe something that is very easy.
e.g. We need not have worried about the mid-term exam. It was a piece of cake.
◆Know more
When you create a written work and you want to use information from other sources, you have to mention where you found the information. This is called a citation, which gives credit to the author who actually created the content. Citations usually appear as footnotes, which include the name of the author, title of his/her work, date of publishing, etc. They are usually written in a specific format, depending on the subject matter the paper is about.
(See picture 2)
e.g.
Rowling, J.K. (1997). Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. London: Bloomsbury
(Author) (Year published) (Book) (City, State) (Publisher)
■Glossary
citation (n) 引述/引文
footnote (n) 註腳
quote (v) 引用
credible (adj) 可信的
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