The Liberty Tree (1646–1775) was a famous elm tree that stood in Boston near Boston Common, in the years before the American Revolution. In 1765, colonists in Boston staged the first act of defiance against the British government at the tree.
According to Russell (2016), "rhetoric refers to the art of communicating effectively through writing or speaking" (p. 33).
This in-text citation is written in the APA citation format. When using a direct quotation, the information needed is the author's last name, year, and page number. The citation information should immediately follow the information to which it is relevant. The year of publication follows the author's last name. The page number is located in parentheses after the end of the quotation. It is important that the period to end the sentence comes after the citation information so that the citation information is all connected together.
1. Two limitations are a lack of protection for whistleblowers, barriers to information access and constraints caused by public and government hostility to journalists.
