~We have been working hard on citing text evidence in our writing........ We actually started working on this back in August and are becoming quite the experts. It makes our writing sound so much more professional. It also makes our fact and opinions much more valid when we have text to back them up. It also gives credit to the author who wrote the piece. Here are some good examples:
~Also, if you know the author's name, you should should cite it at least once in the beginning of the text. For example: According to Steven Johnson, the author of the article The Best Dogs in America, beagles are the easiest to train......