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The Power of a Quotation

The Power of a Quotation. I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt. - Mr. White. What does it mean to have a quote?. There are a lot of things we could be discussing: Dialogue between characters A motto or slogan that summarizes the whole book

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The Power of a Quotation

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  1. The Power of a Quotation I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt. - Mr. White

  2. What does it mean to have a quote? • There are a lot of things we could be discussing: • Dialogue between characters • A motto or slogan that summarizes the whole book • Just any old sentence from the text • Quotes that the author has already used from other people

  3. Direct Characterization The following example is from the book Delirium by Lauren Oliver: “Hana, with her golden, halo hair and bright gray eyes, and perfect straight teeth, and her laugh that makes everyone in a two-mile radius whip around and look at her and laugh too” (Oliver, 27).

  4. Indirect Characterization This example is also from Delirium by Lauren Oliver: “I whip back around, pressing flat against the wall of a hardware store and inching back in the direction I’ve come. The chances any of the regulators saw me are slim- I was a block away and it’s pitch-black – but still, my heart never goes back to its normal pace” (Oliver, 210).

  5. What do these quotes have in common?? • PAGE NUMBERS!!!!!!! • When you have pulled out what you want to use: • Put the whole thing in quotations • When you are at the end of your quote, put the closing quotation marks, then parentheses, the author (the first time), the page number, end parentheses and then punctuation.

  6. Bad Quotes • “She was very tall with red hair.” • “He said, “I love you” and she said, “I know.” • “Let the Hunger Games begin!” • “Die, villan, die.” • “He looked around and decided to sit down.”

  7. Let’s Start Looking at YOUR Book. . . • Let’s practice what quotes you may use. • Remember that the reason WHY they are significant is very important. You will need to share not only the quote itself, but the rationale of why you picked it and what it teaches you about the character.

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