The Fix is to make sure that the first word of the works cited entry is the word you use in your in-text citation, every time.
When I first started using in-text-citations, I first struggled with it until my teacher explained to me in more detailed fashion. I like how Stedman explains them by blocking them into three categorizes. I believe this video can also help and give more insight on the topic itself as well.
t’s like dating Spider-Man. You’re walking along with him and he says something remarkably interesting—but then he tilts his head, hearing something far away, and suddenly shoots a web onto the near-est building and zooms away through the air. As if you had just read an interesting quotation dangling at the end of a paragraph, you wanted to hear more of his opinion, but it’s too late—he’s already moved on.
I like the comparison Stedman uses to describe this and allow the reader understand the concept more efficiently. This gave me a better view on this and it was only because he used an interesting way to show the problem with uses "paragraph-beginning or paragraph-closing quotation" in writing. It makes everything feel rushed and unfinished.
These readers might completely ignore the merits of your insightful, stylistically beautiful, or revolutionarily important language—just as my anger at another driver makes me fail to admire his custom paint job.
Interestingly, Stedman continues to tie back to the first paragraph about road rage to keep the reader connected and allow them to interact with what he is trying to say about how readers will sometimes not notice certain things like "revolutionarily important language" due to something else. Stedman uses comparisons of a similar situation like this that could occur on the roads, to allow the reader understand and connect easier.
When I’m driving in the fast lane, maintaining the speed limit exactly, and I find myself behind someone who thinks the fast lane is for people who drive ten miles per hour below the speed limit, I get an annoyed feeling in my chest like hot water filling a heavy bucket.
I like how Stedman begins the article because it establishes an automatic relationship between both the reader and author on something that is involved in everyday life and that annoys most people. This encourages the reader to continue reading the article because they instantly were able to connect with something right off.