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Ivy Waters International Standards · G8.E-02

Academic Referencing & Parenthetical Citations

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G8.E-02Ages 13–14 · Grade 8 · English

Academic Referencing & Parenthetical Citations

Language & Literature

Your child accurately credits external ideas within their writing using proper parenthetical academic citations (such as MLA, APA, or Harvard formats) alongside a finalized reference page.

In real life

Their research paper now reads like the real thing, with claims followed by (Author, Year) citations and a properly formatted reference list that would pass a university's first glance.

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Standards are permanent: an ID issued in this edition keeps pointing at the same standard. Cite it like this.

Ivy Waters International Standards v2.2.0 (2026). Standard G8.E-02: Academic Referencing & Parenthetical Citations. https://ivywaters.com/standards/G8.E-02

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