What the heck is a parenthetical citation and what does it mean when your homework says “be sure to include a parenthetical citation for each quotation indicating the page number”? !

Parenthetical citations are citations to original sources that appear in the text of your paper. This allows the reader to see immediately where your information comes from, and it saves you the trouble of having to make footnotes or endnotes An example is "One critic complains of the authors, “They’re sheep in wolves’ clothing who manage to write about bad things and make you feel good” (Bukiet 35)." Note that both the author and page number are cited in parentheses.

"we must plan a picnic for the holiday," said mrs. bailey, while the children were getting dressed.adverb clause: while the children were getting dressed.