QUOTES CHOOSING QUOTES AND QUOTE FLOW When should

QUOTES

CHOOSING QUOTES AND QUOTE FLOW When should you use a quote instead of specific story evidence?

CHOOSING QUOTES AND QUOTE FLOW There are three basic rules to follow when choosing quotations: 1. When the writer’s words are memorable and will make your paper more interesting 2. When the writer’s words can say something better than you 3. To add authority to your paper. Basically, you are providing proof of what you are arguing.

1. QUOTE FLOW: THREE WAYS TO INTEGRATE Begin with explanation: Even though Mrs. Wilmot appears to love her children to the rest of the world, “when her children were present, she always felt the center of her heart go hard” (Lawrence 120). 2. Begin with quote: “She always felt the center of her heart go hard” demonstrates how Mrs. Wilmot appears a loving mother to the rest of the world, while inwardly feeling little for her children (Lawrence 120). 3. Quote in middle: Mrs. Wilmot “always felt the center of heart go hard” when her children were present, but to the rest of the world, she appears to be a loving mother (Lawrence 120).

CORRECT PUNCTUATION Use ellipsis (…) when you want to quote the beginning and end of a passage but not its middle. The war was not immediate to the boys. “Bombs in Central Europe, ” said Gene, “were completely unreal to us here…because our place here was too fair for us to accept something like that” (Knowles 23). If you begin your quotation in the middle of a sentence, you need not indicate deleted words with an ellipsis: Proclaiming the friendship “wonderful, ” Gene was confident it would continue (Knowles 40). Morrison points out that social context prevented the authors of slave narratives “from dwelling too long or too carefully on the more sordid details of the experience” (109).

CORRECT PUNCTUATION If you need to include extra information, use brackets. ( [ ] ) If there is dialogue, use single quotes. ( ‘ ‘) When Atticus questions Bob about his ability to write with both hands, Mr. Ewell responds, “’I most positively am not [ambidextrous]’” (Lee 178).

ADD CITATION Author and page number “’And I to your long life’” shows Montresor using verbal irony to encourage Fortunato to come with him (Poe 215).

NO DROPPED QUOTES (NO BANANAS) Once you’ve selected the passage you want to quote, work the material into your paper as naturally as you can. You don’t want to just drop quotes into the middle of your paper without any kind of “set up. ”

OUTLINES AND PARAGRAPHS

REVIEW - OUTLINES Parts of an outline: • Topic sentence • Key ideas • Dashes/dots • Evidence When and where do you include full sentences on an outline?

How do I move from outline to paragraph?

REVIEW - PARAGRAPH • What are the four parts of a paragraph? • Where are they in the paragraph?

What does your paragraph have that your outline does not?

WELLDEVELOP ED PARAGR APHS

TOPIC SENTENCE: ___________ TRANSITIONS: CIRCLE EVIDENCE: _______ EXPLANATION: CONCLUSION: _______ Clever Paragraph Odysseus proves he is a clever during the first three stops on his journey from Troy. To begin, he takes advantage of the winds that blow him to Cicones and takes more plunder to bring back home. This helps to keep the men following his orders as he shows he will provide riches and fighting for them if they do. Then, Odysseus encounters the Lotus Eaters and sends out a small party of 3 men to find out what those people are like. This is clever as he makes sure to protect his other men from attack and not lose so many like he did with the Cicones. Furthermore, the same idea of a scouting party is used when exploring the home of the cyclops. Odysseus takes only himself and his 12 best fighters to appease his curiosity. This is clever not only because it shows Odysseus using the same smart move, but also because he adjusts for a new place. Odysseus adapts the plan to bring his best men because he knows cyclopes are huge and more-skilled fighters are needed. In all, Odysseus is a smart captain who guides his men well at the beginning of their trip back to Ithaca.

TOPIC SENTENCE: ___________ TRANSITIONS: CIRCLE EVIDENCE: _______ EXPLANATION: CONCLUSION: _______ Clever Paragraph Odysseus proves he is a clever during the first three stops on his journey from Troy. To begin, he takes advantage of the winds that blow him to Cicones and takes more plunder to bring back home. This helps to keep the men following his orders as he shows he will provide riches and fighting for them if they do. Then, Odysseus encounters the Lotus Eaters and sends out a small party of 3 men to find out what those people are like. This is clever as he makes sure to protect his other men from attack and not lose so many like he did with the Cicones. Furthermore, the same idea of a scouting party is used when exploring the home of the cyclops. Odysseus takes only himself and his 12 best fighters to appease his curiosity. This is clever not only because it shows Odysseus using the same smart move, but also because he adjusts for a new place. Odysseus adapts the plan to bring his best men because he knows cyclopes are huge and more-skilled fighters are needed. In all, Odysseus is a smart captain who guides his men well at the beginning of their trip back to Ithaca.

TOPIC SENTENCE: ___________ TRANSITIONS: CIRCLE EVIDENCE: _______ EXPLANATION: CONCLUSION: _______ Paragraph Topic sentence. Transition to key idea number 1. Evidence. Explanation of evidence. Transition to next key idea. Evidence. Explanation of evidence. (possible transition) Conclusion sentence.

TOPIC SENTENCE: ___________ TRANSITIONS: CIRCLE EVIDENCE: _______ EXPLANATION: CONCLUSION: _______ Foolish Paragraph During the first three stops on his journey home from Troy, Odysseus proves he is foolish. First off, he allows the men to unnecessarily plunder the land of the Cicones, which gets many men killed. They were only there because the wind blows them, but they could have just left again. A wise captain would have restrained his men and not lost multiple lives for no good reason. Odysseus continues his foolishness when he encounters the Lotus Eaters and sends out a small party of 3 men to find out what those people are like. This, again, is foolish because he says they only needed to stop for water not for food. Odysseus does not learn from his mistake of going where he should not and almost loses more men to the addiction of the lotus flower. Odysseus’s greatest error is when he goes to the island of the cyclopes and takes only himself and his 12 best fighters to appease his curiosity. This is the worst move for two reasons: Odysseus has no reason to stop and delay his trip home; and he has taken all of his best fighters leaving the rest of the men in a more vulnerable position. In all, from the beginning of Odysseus’s trip back to Ithaca, he proves he foolishly cares more for riches and curiosity than the lives of his men.

WELL-DEVELOPED PARAGRAPHS 1. Why would a topic sentence be the first sentence of a paragraph? 2. Why does evidence need to be specific and not just a general detail from the story? 3. Comparing both paragraphs, why is explanation important? 4. Where do transitions go in a paragraph?

TRANSITIONS • connect ideas Key ideas Evidence, Explanation • Improve flow can be words, phrases, clauses, or full sentences can be at the beginning or the middle of sentences First At first Along with Second Another Likewise Third Next One First One example Equally In addition Another important Finally example It started with At the One way As a result beginning Another way Then A different Therefore Following this approach Finally A final method First of all Also Besides An important An equally important One other Along with Last Initially Then After that A good A better The best In the first place After that Later on At last To being Similarly Moreover To begin Then Consequently To start Furthermore Additionally Last

Transitions: • 9 transitions, including one clause transition.

1. What is the 1. Why is explanation purpose of a topic important? sentence/claim? 1. What is the 1. What two places do structure of a transitions go in an paragraph? essay? 1. What is the purpose of transitions? 1. What is a counterpoint? SEE IF YOU CAN ANSWER THESE QUESTIO NS.

PARTS OF AN ESSAY

PARTS OF AN ESSAY REVIEW Title Introduction Hook Background Thesis Body Paragraphs Topic sentence Evidence Explanation Transitions Concluding Sentence Conclusion Restatement of thesis So what? Final thought Works Cited

REVIEW LEVELS Level 1 Choose one the following options. Draw a diagram of an essay. Label all of the parts. Come up with a mnemonic to remember them. (Example: Mnemonic for the Great Lakes: HOMES Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior) Draw a diagram of body paragraph. Label all of the parts. Come up with a mnemonic to remember them. (Example: Mnemonic for the Great Lakes: HOMES Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior)

REVIEW LEVELS Level 2 Choose one the following options. Create a word search using at least 10 of the vocabulary words. List clues for each. Hint: Write the words out horizontally, one on each line first and then fill in with random letters. Create a quiz about the parts of an essay. Include 5 matching, 5 true/false, and 3 fill-in-the-blank, and 1 multiple choice. Make an answer key on a separate sheet of paper.

REVIEW LEVELS Level 3 Choose one the following options. Create and draw an analogy for the parts of an essay. You must include at least 10 different parts and label each one. Example: An essay is like a car. The thesis is the steering wheel. Explain which parts of an essay are like certain genres of music. Draw the basic structure, include at least 8 different parts, and label each one. No more than 2 parts can be the same type. Sample genres: country, oldies, pop, rock, classical, musical, rap, R&B, blues, jazz, Baroque, EDM, swing, pirate.

REVIEW LEVELS Level 4 Choose one the following options. Pretend the parts of an essay are at an interview or speed dating. Create answers for why each one is great and write them out. Include at least 8 parts. Example: Hi, I’m a conclusion. You should choose me because you’ll end up with me anyway. Explain how an essay is like a documentary. Create a Venn diagram with at least 5 similarities.