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Quotations
Using
© Donna L. Bennett 2010
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Donna L. Bennett 2010Book ‘em, Dano.
Elementary, my dear Watson.
Just the facts, Ma’am.
I just need a quick review.
Give it to me without the bells and whistles.
I want to see the whole thing.
Slide3I wonder if you would mind showing us how you go about finding and then using quotations as evidence in a literary analysis.
Good disguise, by the way.
I would never have recognized you.
But I guess that’s kind of the point. © Donna L. Bennett 2010Quick, follow that car !
Using quotations as evidence
No problem.
Thank you.
Well, I’m just going to sit back and observe, if that’s ok.
I’m on it.
Oh, one last thing. Would you mind talking about your thinking
as you work?
It’s all in the
little grey cells,
mon
amie
.
Slide4So if I think about this as an argument for which I am finding proof, I understand that I am going to find quotations from the story which describe the protagonist`s bodily responses to fear very well.
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Donna L. Bennett 2010
Click the magnifying glass to continue the caper.
Using quotations as evidence
Well, the first thing I have to do if I am going to find quotations to use
as evidence in a literary analysis is to figure out what I`m arguing.
And in this case, it`s quite easy because I`ve been assigned a thesis to argue.
The thesis is that one of the reasons Jack Finney`s story, `Contents of a Dead Man`s Pocket` is successful as a suspense story, is that he describes the protagonist`s bodily responses to fear very well.
DO THIS ONE !
Slide5Third, these quotes will be the evidence to prove that these descriptions are part of what make the story a successful suspense story.
Second, I am finding quotes that describe the protagonist`s bodily responses to fear.
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Donna L. Bennett 2010
Using quotations as evidence
Let`s keep in mind a few things
.
First, I am writing about the short story `Contents of a Dead Man`s Pocket`` by author Jack Finney.
``Contents of a Dead
Man`s Pocket``
- Jack Finney
bodily responses to fear.
successful suspense
story.
Click to close that eye !
I find it easier
if I write down
the details of a `case`.
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``Contents of a Dead
Man`s Pocket``
- Jack Finneybodily responses to fear.
successful suspense
story.
Using quotations as evidence
Once I’m sure of my task, I skim read the story to look for
appropriate quotations.
I remember that the descriptions of the protagonist’s bodily
responses to fear are around the climax of the story, so I
don’t have to re-read the whole thing.
I’m only going to show you those pages of the story, not the whole thing.
And, I’m going to highlight any words I think fit as the kind of evidence I
am supposed to be gathering: his bodily responses to fear.
Click the police car
to see the highlighted samples !
Oh no!
Go to jail . . . Go directly to jail
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Ok, here are three paragraphs from the story. I’m going to highlight any words I think fit as the kind of evidence I am supposed to be gathering which is how the protagonist’s body responds to fear.
Using quotations as evidence
And a violent instantaneous explosion of absolute terror roared through him. For a motionless instant he saw himself externally--bent practically double, balanced on this narrow ledge, nearly half his body projecting out above the street far below--and he began to tremble violently, panic flaring through his mind and muscles, and he felt the blood rush from the surface of his skin.
In the fractional moment before horror paralyzed him, as he stared between his legs at that terrible length of street far beneath him, a fragment of his mind raised his body in a spasmodic jerk to an upright position again, but so violently that his head scraped hard against the wall, bouncing off it, and his body swayed outward to the knife edge of balance, and he very nearly plunged backward and fell. Then he was leaning far into the corner again, squeezing and pushing into it, not only his face but his chest and stomach, his back arching; and his finger tips clung with all the pressure of his pulling arms to the shoulder-high half-inch indentation in the bricks.
He was more than trembling now; his whole body was racked with a violent shuddering beyond control, his eyes squeezed so tightly shut it was painful, though he was past awareness of that. His teeth were exposed in a frozen grimace, the strength draining like water from his knees and calves. It was extremely likely, he knew, that he would faint, slump down along the wall, his face scraping, and then drop backward, a limp weight, out into nothing. And to save his life he concentrated on holding on to consciousness, drawing deliberate deep breaths of cold air into his lungs, fighting to keep his senses aware.
Skim
Reading
If you are interested in
practising skim reading, click “Skim”.
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Then he knew that he would not faint, but he could not stop shaking nor open his eyes. He stood where he was, breathing deeply, trying to hold back the terror of the glimpse he had had of what lay below him; and he knew he had made a mistake in not making himself stare down at the street, getting used to it and accepting it, when he had first stepped out onto the ledge.
It was impossible to walk back. He simply could not do it. He couldn't bring himself to make the slightest movement. The strength was gone from his legs; his shivering hands--numb, cold, and desperately rigid--had lost all deftness; his easy ability to move and balance was gone. Within a step or two, if he tried to move, he knew that he would stumble and fall.
Seconds passed, with the chill faint wind pressing the side of his face, and he could hear the toned-down volume of the street traffic far beneath him. Again and again it slowed and then stopped, almost to silence; then presently, even this high, he would hear the click of the traffic signals and the subdued roar of the cars starting up again. During a lull in the street sounds, he called out. Then he was shouting "
Help!
" so loudly it rasped his throat. But he felt the steady pressure of the wind, moving between his face and the blank wall, snatch up his cries as he uttered them, and he knew they must sound directionless and distant. And he remembered how habitually, here in New York, he himself heard and ignored shouts in the night. If anyone heard him, there was no sign of it, and presently Tom
Benecke
knew he had to try moving; there was nothing else he could do.
Ok, here are three more paragraphs from the story, but this time you’re going to do a little work. I’ve done a lot of highlighting here. More than I should have because some of the words highlighted are not examples of the quotes I need – how his body responds to fear. Click the incorrect highlights to erase them!
Slide9Click to go to the next screen
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I’ve copied the phrases I highlighted from the story. Notice that I have not bothered to copy the end punctuation or the beginning capitals. That’s because I am going to include these quotes as part of my own sentences with their own end punctuation and beginning capitals.
a violent instantaneous explosion of absolute terror roared through him
he began to tremble violently, panic flaring
he felt the blood rush from the surface of his skin
horror paralyzed
him
spasmodic jerk
h
e was more than trembling now
racked with a violent shuddering beyond control
strength draining like water from his knees and calves
fighting to keep his senses aware
This an example of how I do that.
It’s called embedding a quote.
Like anyone who experiences an intense moment of fear, Tom
Beneke
, “ was more than trembling” for he was “racked with a violent shuddering beyond
[
his]
]
control” .
Note how I use the quotation marks.
And that I did not need to use
all the words of the quote.
And that I used square brackets to indicate
I had added a word to help my sentence
make sense grammatically.
Like anyone who experiences an intense moment of fear, Tom
Beneke
,
“
was more than trembling
”
for he was
“
racked with a violent shuddering beyond
[
his]
]
control
” .
Like anyone who experiences an intense moment of fear, Tom
Beneke
,
“
was more than trembling
”
for he was
“
racked with a violent shuddering beyond
[
his]
]
control
” .
Using quotations as evidence
Slide10Elementary, my dear Watson.
Using quotations as evidence
This version of the tutorial omits the sound effects, animations, graphic design elements and conversational style of the full version.
You’ll get basically the same information, but you won’t have as much fun doing it !
Go back to the
selection
screen
Continue this style of tutorial
Slide11Click to go to the next screen
© Donna L. Bennett 2010
Here are three paragraphs from a story. I’ve used a highlighter to note the words or phrases that I
think relate to the thesis I’m arguing. That thesis concerns the protagonist’s bodily responses to fear.Using quotations as evidence no bells and whistles
And a violent instantaneous explosion of absolute terror roared through him. For a motionless instant he saw himself externally--bent practically double, balanced on this narrow ledge, nearly half his body projecting out above the street far below--and he began to tremble violently, panic flaring through his mind and muscles, and he felt the blood rush from the surface of his skin.
In the fractional moment before horror paralyzed him, as he stared between his legs at that terrible length of street far beneath him, a fragment of his mind raised his body in a spasmodic jerk to an upright position again, but so violently that his head scraped hard against the wall, bouncing off it, and his body swayed outward to the knife edge of balance, and he very nearly plunged backward and fell. Then he was leaning far into the corner again, squeezing and pushing into it, not only his face but his chest and stomach, his back arching; and his finger tips clung with all the pressure of his pulling arms to the shoulder-high half-inch indentation in the bricks.
He was more than trembling now; his whole body was racked with a violent shuddering beyond control, his eyes squeezed so tightly shut it was painful, though he was past awareness of that. His teeth were exposed in a frozen grimace, the strength draining like water from his knees and calves. It was extremely likely, he knew, that he would faint, slump down along the wall, his face scraping, and then drop backward, a limp weight, out into nothing. And to save his life he concentrated on holding on to consciousness, drawing deliberate deep breaths of cold air into his lungs, fighting to keep his senses aware.
Try skim Reading . . . Look only for words that relate, do not pronounce every word in your head.
Slide12Click to go to the next screen
© Donna L. Bennett 2010
I’ve copied the phrases I highlighted from the story. Notice that I have not bothered to copy the end punctuation or the beginning capitals. That’s because I am going to include these quotes as part of my own sentences with their own end punctuation and beginning capitals.
Using quotations as evidence no bells and whistles
a violent instantaneous explosion of absolute terror roared through him
he began to tremble violently, panic flaring
he felt the blood rush from the surface of his skin
horror paralyzed
him
spasmodic jerk
h
e was more than trembling now
racked with a violent shuddering beyond control
strength draining like water from his knees and calves
fighting to keep his senses aware
This an example of how I do that.
It’s called embedding a quote.
Like anyone who experiences an intense moment of fear, Tom
Beneke
, “ was more than trembling” for he was “racked with a violent shuddering beyond
[
his]
]
control” .
Note how I use the quotation marks.
And that I did not need to use
all the words of the quote.
And that I used square brackets to indicate
I had added a word to help my sentence
make sense grammatically.
Like anyone who experiences an intense moment of fear, Tom
Beneke
,
“
was more than trembling
”
for he was
“
racked with a violent shuddering beyond
[
his]
]
control
” .
Like anyone who experiences an intense moment of fear, Tom
Beneke
,
“
was more than trembling
”
for he was
“
racked with a violent shuddering beyond
[
his]
]
control
” .
Slide13Click to go to the next screen
© Donna L. Bennett 2010
Lets review how to embed a quote.
Using quotations as evidence
a violent instantaneous explosion of absolute terror roared through him
he began to tremble violently, panic flaring
he felt the blood rush from the surface of his skin
horror paralyzed
him
spasmodic jerk
h
e was more than trembling now
racked with a violent shuddering beyond control
strength draining like water from his knees and calves
fighting to keep his senses aware
Click the places
where the quotation marks should go.
And that I used square brackets to indicate
I had added a word to help my sentence
make sense grammatically.
The quotes on the page below have been chosen because they work as evidence for the thesis.
The box that just appeared has a sentence with quotes embedded in it.
Fighting to keep his senses aware,
Benecke
stood with a
spasmodic jerk almost losing his balance from t
he tiny ledge on
which he stood.
“
“Fighting to keep his senses aware,
Benecke
stood with a
spasmodic jerk almost losing his balance from t
he tiny ledge on
which he stood.
Fighting to keep his senses aware, “
Benecke
stood with a
spasmodic jerk almost losing his balance from t
he tiny ledge on
which he stood.
“Fighting to keep his senses aware, “
Benecke
stood with a
“spasmodic jerk almost losing his balance from t
he tiny ledge on
which he stood.
“Fighting to keep his senses aware, “
Benecke
stood with a
“spasmodic jerk” almost losing his balance from t
he tiny ledge on
which he stood.
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© Donna L. Bennett 2010
Using quotations as evidence
Review
a violent instantaneous explosion of absolute terror roared through him
he began to tremble violently, panic flaring
he felt the blood rush from the surface of his skin
horror paralyzed
him
spasmodic jerk
h
e was more than trembling now
racked with a violent shuddering beyond control
strength draining like water from his knees and calves
fighting to keep his senses aware
Quotation marks
bracket the copied words
All the original
words of the quote
are not needed.
Square brackets indicate a word was added to the quote to help the sentence
make sense grammatically.
Like anyone who experiences an intense moment of fear, Tom
Beneke
,
“
was more than trembling
”
for he was
“
racked with a violent shuddering beyond
[
his]
]
control
” .
Phrases copied from the story being analyzed.
A sentence that includes
the copied words.
Slide15The End