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INTEGRATING QUOTES PROFESSIONALLY

INTEGRATING QUOTES PROFESSIONALLY. A NEW ERA BEGINS. From now on, you are not allowed to leave your quote NAKED:

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INTEGRATING QUOTES PROFESSIONALLY

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  1. INTEGRATING QUOTES PROFESSIONALLY

  2. A NEW ERA BEGINS • From now on, you are not allowed to leave your quote NAKED: • Ex: I am typing along in my essay, and I come to my lead-in here. I am still providing speaker, who is being spoken to, and context, but now I am done. “Now I start my quote in its own sentence, naked” (41). • You are also NOT allowed to start your sentence with a quotation mark. • Never. Ever. It puts the burden on your reader to make the connection – and they might not be able to! YOU need to do the work…lead them along until they cannot help but acknowledge your genius.

  3. Some tools… • We do need a tool called “hard brackets” on the keyboard. [ ] • These mean that the writer has made an ever-so-slight change to the data, such as • changing a lowercase letter to an uppercase • inserting a word for clarity that does not change meaning • changing the tense of the sentence

  4. COMMA METHOD • Used to blend the quote with introductory clause that ends in a “speaking verb” (explains, suggests, says, declares…) Describing the Nun, the narrator explains, “[S]he had little dogs she would be feeding/ With roasted flesh, or milk, or fine white bread./ And bitterly she wept if one were dead” (7).

  5. COLON METHOD • Used to blend the quote with lead-in that ends in something other than a “speaking verb” • Used when either side of the colon is a FULL SENTENCE The narrator describes the Nun: “[S]he had little dogs she would be feeding/ With roasted flesh, or milk, or fine white bread./ And bitterly she wept if one were dead” (7).

  6. SMOOTH METHOD (Advanced Skill) • Used to blend the quote with lead-in seamlessly. When you read the paper aloud, you can’t tell what is the writer’s words and what is the author’s words, in this case: The narrator explains that the Nun “ha[s] little dogs she … feed[s]/ With roasted flesh, or milk, or fine white bread./ And bitterly she [weeps] if one [is] dead” (ll. 150-152).

  7. SMOOTH METHOD (Advanced Skill) The narrator explains that the Nun “ha[s] little dogs she … feed[s]/ With roasted flesh, or milk, or fine white bread./ And bitterly she [weeps] if one [is] dead” (ll. 150-152). Notice that in SMOOTH METHOD: 1. There is no punctuation at the end of the lead-in 2. The quote should begin with a lowercase letter 3. The tense, like your writing, must be PRESENT 4. The quote, too, must be in THIRD PERSON (he/she/it) like your writing!

  8. RULES FOR ESSAY WRITING

  9. In any type of formal writing… • You cannot use first person (I, me, we, us, my, etc) • You cannot use second person (you) • You must be in present tense • (only exception: quote integrating via comma or colon method) • No “is –ing” sentences (“is telling” = tells) • You cannot use any contractions • (only exception: quoted material)

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