Where should you place the citation after paraphrasing?

• A. At the end of the paragraph.
• B. At the end of the sentence containing the paraphrase.
• C. After the author name.
• D. Before the paraphrase begins.

Answer: (B)

When you paraphrase, you’re restating someone else’s ideas in your own words, so you must give credit to the original source. The citation belongs right at the end of the sentence that contains the paraphrase. This places the attribution where the reader encounters the idea, making it clear which sentence is drawn from the source and preventing ambiguity about what’s borrowed. It also keeps your writing flowing naturally without breaking the reader’s momentum or misattributing the source.

Placing the citation after the paragraph can blur which sentences are sourced, and putting it after the author name or before the paraphrase disrupts the sentence flow. Some style guides allow a single citation after an entire paragraph if every sentence comes from the same source, but the standard, widely practiced approach is to attach the citation to the paraphrase sentence itself.