“To arrive at this point, Molière had to go
through half his Parisian career.
But although he
rejected its appearance, he kept the structure of the mask.
Arnolphe, Harpagon, Tartuffe,
Alceste, are made up no differently from the six Sganarelles,
from Pantaloon or Scaramouche.”
Citation information for the above
quotation:
Lanson, Gustave. “Molière and Farce.”
Molière: A Collection of Critical Essays. Ed.
Jacques Guicharnaud. Englewood
Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1964. p.25.
Direct quote without citation
Wrong:
Although
he rejected its appearance, he kept the structure of the mask.
This sentence was taken directly from
the source text, with no alteration, and without indication that
these are not the author’s own words.
This sentence should be placed in quotes and cited, with
an indication that these are the thoughts of the source’s
author, as shown below.
Correct:
Lanson
agrees that “although [Molière] rejected its appearance, he
kept the structure of the mask” (25).
The
citation for this source on the paper’s Works Cited sheet
should read:
Lanson,
Gustave. “Molière and Farce.”
Molière: A Collection of Critical Essays.
Ed. Jacques
Guicharnaud. Englewood
Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1964.
Improper paraphrase without citation:
A paraphrase is “a restatement of a
text or passage in another form or other words” (The American
Heritage Dictionary of the English Language).
Wrong:
Molière did not accept its appearance, but
he kept the structure of the mask.
These are not the author’s own words
and need to be paraphrased in his own words and cited, or placed
in quotes and cited.
Correct:
Molière opted to maintain the mask in its current
form. However, he
was unhappy with this form (Lanson 25).
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