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1. When do you use parenthetical citations in your paper and why?

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Using Parenthetical Citations is important when you want to cite from other sources. You use it when you want to "refer to, summarize, paraphrase, or quote from another source".

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When you quote or paraphrase from a source (book, article, or webpage) in your paper, you need to insert a parenthetical citation. This citation typically consists of the author's name, year of publication, and page number in parentheses at the end of the sentence.

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