Cite evidence with a simple in-text citation and build a correctly formatted works-cited entry for each source used.
Whenever you use someone else's facts, data, or exact words, you must tell the reader where it came from. This is called citing your source, and it does two jobs: it gives credit to the original researcher, and it lets a reader check your evidence for themselves.
A simple in-text citation names the source right where you use it -- for example, "(City Forestry Department)." At the end of your essay, a Works Cited list gives the full details for every source: author or organization, title, publisher or website, and year.
Mastery looks like: They can add a correct in-text citation for borrowed evidence and build a matching, correctly formatted Works Cited entry.
Common stumbles: Citing a source in the Works Cited list but forgetting the matching in-text citation where the fact actually appears (or the reverse).