Self-Assessment: Bibliography


In this assessment, you will practise organizing bibliographical information and using quotations appropriately.

Then compare your responses with the suggested answers at the bottom of the page.



Click here to view guidelines for recording bibliographical information. 
You can find guidelines for recording bibliographical information on the Owl Online Writing Lab (Link to 
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/05/).







  1. Demonstrate how you would cite bibliographical information from the article "Death in the Square" on page 48 in your Language Arts 9 Anthology. Remember that the article has an author and the anthology has an editor.


  1. Demonstrate how you would cite bibliographical information from instruction from the section, "Pronouns: There's No Substitute for Them" on page 32 of your technical textbook Start with the Sentence: Create Correct, Concise, Connected Sentences.


  1. Demonstrate how you would cite bibliographical information from "About: Policies" at Alberta Distance Learning Centre's website, ADLC Online.


  1. Demonstrate how you would cite bibliographical information from an article titled "Get With the Program" written by Devon Smythe in the September 2001 edition of Monthly Magazine. The article is on pages 17 to 20 of the magazine and the quotation is from page 18.


  1. Simplify the quotation below to be more concise within the sentence it has been placed by using either square brackets, ellipses, or shortening the statement.

Recently hockey fighting seems to have taken a more sinister turn, as "Bertuzzi sought revenge on Steven Moore for his cheap shot on Markus Naslund in a previous game. Moore was sucker punched and sustained serious injuries which besides costing a hockey career, may leave him severely disabled for life."


  1. Integrate and simplify the quotation below to be more accurate. Consider how to transition in the quote and remember to use square brackets, ellipses, or shortening of the statement to keep it relevant.

Hockey consists of many types of violence. "High sticking, tripping, slashing, spearing, charging, hooking, fighting, unsportsmanlike conduct, interference, roughing—everything else is just figure skating."


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