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The Value of Pie

The Value of Pie. Taking the Mystery Out of Quotation. When you write an essay, you use quotations to bolster your argument. You may NOT drop-kick quotations into your text (i.e., put them in quotation marks and use them as if they are merely the next sentence in your essay).

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The Value of Pie

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  1. The Value of Pie Taking the Mystery Out of Quotation

  2. When you write an essay, you use quotations to bolster your argument. You may NOT drop-kick quotations into your text (i.e., put them in quotation marks and use them as if they are merely the next sentence in your essay). When you use a quotation, think of the acronym PIE: P I E oint llustration xplanation

  3. Quotation= PIE Point What? Illustration How? Explanation Why?

  4. Example 1 Point:Intelligent design (ID) is unscientific. Illustration:According to Richard Dawkins, ID depends at a very basic level on the notion of a pre-existent intelligence (Expelled). Explanation:Because Science rests upon previously established scientific principles, and because the existence of a supernatural intelligence (presumably God ) cannot be established scientifically, ID cannot be called scientific.

  5. Example 2 Point:In the poem “Mending Wall,” Robert Frost is not opposed to the yearly ritual of rebuilding the wall as some critics mistakenly claim. Illustration:The poet himself writes “I let my neighbor know beyond the hill; / And on a day we meet to walk the line / And set the wall between us once again” (Frost). Explanation:Since it is the poet who initiates the rebuilding of the wall, we must conclude that he values the ritual, but that he wants his neighbor to articulate the reason—to recognize that the wall is not the point, but that the bond between neighbors is what “good fences make good neighbors” really means. Frost is pointing out that dead tradition, lived out for tradition’s sake, is meaningless, and that aphorisms and participation are not enough . Instead, for tradition to be meaningful, it has to be a living tradition. Going to church at Easter is not enough; we also have to believe in the Redemption, to forgive those who have wronged us, and to lead Christian lives.

  6. Remember, it is unethical to take a quotation and use it, simply by incorporating it into your text as if its inclusion is self-explanatory. It is your responsibility, as an academic, to use quotations ethically—that usually means (1) making a claim, (2) supporting your claim with reference to another source, and (3) explaining your use of the source. You might say that using quotations properly is “as easy as pie.”

  7. PowerPoint Presentation by Mark A. Spalding, BA, MEd, MA (2009).

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