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Quote Integration How to avoid “quote plopping. ”

Quote Integration How to avoid “quote plopping. ”

Choosing a good quotation • Trait: Lazy • Great quote: “But I dawdled over

Choosing a good quotation • Trait: Lazy • Great quote: “But I dawdled over it, playing a few bars and then cheating, looking up to see what notes followed. I never really listened to what I was playing. ”

Choosing a good quotation • Choose a quote that directly or indirectly displays the

Choosing a good quotation • Choose a quote that directly or indirectly displays the character’s motivations. • Make sure the quote allows you to make inferences and you’re able explain the quotation in detail.

Choosing a good quotation • Trait: Lazy • Bad quote: “’No! I won't!’ I

Choosing a good quotation • Trait: Lazy • Bad quote: “’No! I won't!’ I screamed. ”’

How to integrate quotations • There are 3 techniques: –Using dialogue tags –Weaving quotations

How to integrate quotations • There are 3 techniques: –Using dialogue tags –Weaving quotations into your sentences –State the message

Using dialogue tags • Introduce your quotes by stating who is talking and how

Using dialogue tags • Introduce your quotes by stating who is talking and how he/she is saying it. • Examples: – The narrator admits – Roger exclaims – The little girl’s mother asks – Millicent says

Proper Punctuation • Be sure to properly use commas and quotation marks. • Commas

Proper Punctuation • Be sure to properly use commas and quotation marks. • Commas follow the dialogue tag: – The narrator realizes,

Proper Punctuation • Quotation marks signal the start of a quotation. – The narrator

Proper Punctuation • Quotation marks signal the start of a quotation. – The narrator realizes, “Pride is a…

Proper Punctuation • Include proper parenthetical citation at the end of the sentence. –

Proper Punctuation • Include proper parenthetical citation at the end of the sentence. – The narrator realizes, “Pride is a terrible, wonderful thing” (Hurst 318).

Proper Punctuation • After an integrated quotation, include a citation. – (Author’s last name

Proper Punctuation • After an integrated quotation, include a citation. – (Author’s last name Page) – Period outside ( ). • (Hurst 318). • The narrator realizes, “Pride is a terrible, wonderful thing” (Hurst 318).

Proper Punctuation • The only time punctuation is at the end of the quote

Proper Punctuation • The only time punctuation is at the end of the quote is when a question mark or an exclamation point is present: • When Susie exclaims, “I’m so glad you came!” • Susie asks, “Why didn’t you come? ” (Ski 2).

Grammar • If the first word of the quotation starts a grammatically complete sentence,

Grammar • If the first word of the quotation starts a grammatically complete sentence, capitalize that first word. • When using just part of a sentence, do not capitalize the first word.

Capitalize • Academic writers at a large Southern university note, "The behavior, lifestyle, and

Capitalize • Academic writers at a large Southern university note, "The behavior, lifestyle, and values of minority students are likely to be substantially different from those of whites" (Jones 212).

No capitalization • Feeling overconfident for the recital Jing Mei “…dawdled over it, playing

No capitalization • Feeling overconfident for the recital Jing Mei “…dawdled over it, playing a few bars and then cheating, looking up to see what notes followed” (Tan 38).

Quote Weaving • Weave: You can also “weave” quotes into an existing sentence. •

Quote Weaving • Weave: You can also “weave” quotes into an existing sentence. • No need for punctuation.

Weave • Feeling overconfident for the recital Jing Mei “…dawdled over it, playing a

Weave • Feeling overconfident for the recital Jing Mei “…dawdled over it, playing a few bars and then cheating, looking up to see what notes followed” (Tan 38).

Message of the Quotation • What is happening in this quote? • A complete

Message of the Quotation • What is happening in this quote? • A complete sentence • Follow message with a colon : • In a practice session, Mrs. Woo provides encouragement for her daughter: “Of course, you can be prodigy too. You can be the best anything” (Tan 31).

Message of the Quotation • What the message of the quote is – Use

Message of the Quotation • What the message of the quote is – Use a colon after your words to introduce the quote. – Your words must be a complete sentence (clause)

Own Structure • Minority students may not feel comfortable in a predominately white university

Own Structure • Minority students may not feel comfortable in a predominately white university because their “…behavior, lifestyle, and values. . . are likely to be substantially different from those of whites" (Jones 212).

Conclusions: • Quotations assist the reader in establishing and making stronger connections. • Quotations

Conclusions: • Quotations assist the reader in establishing and making stronger connections. • Quotations should be properly integrated and punctuated to be effective.

Blending Quotations Think of it like a sandwich… Step 1: 1 Give context Step

Blending Quotations Think of it like a sandwich… Step 1: 1 Give context Step 2: 2 Integrate quotation Step 3: 3 Analyze the quotation

Embedding Quotations • Step One: Introduce the quotation – Ways to introduce the quotation:

Embedding Quotations • Step One: Introduce the quotation – Ways to introduce the quotation: • Tell when it occurs in the novel – At the beginning of the story, Millicent is already planning to rebel by not joining the sorority. • Tell what is happening during this time – After getting a lesson on life from Miss Jones, Roger learns he must deal with growing up or he will fail.

Embedding Quotations • Step Two: Write out the quotation and blend – Example: Millicent

Embedding Quotations • Step Two: Write out the quotation and blend – Example: Millicent unhappily explains the hazing process when she tells readers, “Worse than a loyalty test, this grilling over the coals. What’s it to prove anyway? ” (Plath 141). – Cite the quotation at the end (Author’s Last Name Page Number). – Punctuation goes after the citation

Embedding Quotations • Step Three: Explain the quotation – Feeling overconfident for the recital,

Embedding Quotations • Step Three: Explain the quotation – Feeling overconfident for the recital, she tells readers, “I dawdled over it, playing a few bars and then cheating, looking up to see what notes followed” (Tan 37 – 38). Here, Jing-mei displays her laziness by not practicing the piano on purpose. She feels her mother pushes her too hard and has unrealistic dreams for her future. Jing-mei thwarts her mother’s ambitions, but in the end fails in both piano and her relationship with her mom.

Bad Examples of Integration • On page 20 it says, “Alice went down the

Bad Examples of Integration • On page 20 it says, “Alice went down the rabbit hole. ” • In the novel, “The Velveteen Rabbit then became real. ” • In paragraph 5 it states, “Pinocchio's nose grew 5 inches. ”