Lesson 11 How to Quote Quotation Introduction PPT

Lesson #11: How to Quote Quotation Introduction PPT by Guidorizzi

Quotes § What is a quote? – To repeat a passage (ideas/thoughts of another) – Used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else § Why do we use quotes? – Support paper – Helps prove ideas of writer § Always quote a credible source – Example: Pinky = Bad Brain = Good

Formatting: Short Quotes § Short quotations - fewer than four typed lines § Enclose quotation within double quotation marks § Provide author and specific page citation (in verse – provide line numbers) in the text – Example: (Burke 3) § Include complete reference on Works Cited page – Example: Burke, Kenneth. Language as Symbolic Action: Essays on Life, Literature, and Method. Berkeley: U of California P, 1966. Print.

Formatting: Short Quotes Cont. § Punctuation marks (periods, commas, semicolons) appear AFTER the parenthetical citation § Question marks and exclamation points – Appear WITHIN quotation marks IF part of quoted passage – Appear AFTER parenthetical citation IF part of your text

Short Quotations - Examples § According to some, dreams § express "profound aspects of personality" (Foulkes 184), though others disagree. § According to Foulkes's study, dreams may express "profound aspects of personality" (184). § § Is it possible that dreams may express "profound aspects of personality" (Foulkes 184)? One of my favorite movie quotes is “You’ve got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk? ” (Dirty Harry). Cullen concludes, "Of all the things that happened there/ That's all I remember" (11 -12). – Mark breaks in short quotations of verse with slash, /, at the end of each line of verse

Formatting: Long Quotes § § § Quotations longer than four typed Omit quotation marks Start quotation on a new lines – Entire quote indented one inch from left margin; maintain double-spacing § IF citing multiple paragraphs – Only indent first line of the quotation by a half inch § Parenthetical citation comes after closing punctuation mark § Quoting verse – maintain original line breaks

Long Quotations - Examples Example #1 – (Notice colon after lead in to quote) Nelly Dean treats Heathcliff poorly and dehumanizes him throughout her narration: They entirely refused to have it in bed with them, or even In their room, and I had no more sense, so, I put it on the landing of the stairs, hoping it would be gone on the morrow. By chance, or else attracted by hearing his voice, it crept to Mr. Earnshaw's door, and there he found it on quitting his chamber. (Bronte 78)

Works Cited Owl at Purdue, The. 2009. The Writing Lab & The Owl at Purdue and Purdue University. Web. 19 May 2009.