PPT-Quote What?: Using Quotations Effectively/MLA at a Glance

UWC Writing Workshop Spring 2014 Do you recognize any of these What do they mean to you What significance do they hold Integrating Quotations What do you know about integrating quotations What aspect of integrating quotations do you struggle with the most What do you hope to take away from todays workshop. Duane Theobald. dtheobal@westga.edu . Do you recognize any of these? What do they mean to you? What significance do they hold?. Integrating Quotations. What do you know about integrating quotations?. UWC Writing Workshop. Fall 2013. Do you recognize any of these? What do they mean to you? What significance do they hold?. Integrating Quotations. What do you know about integrating quotations?. What aspect of integrating quotations do you struggle with the most? What do you hope to take away from today’s workshop?. Quote Floater?. If so … then you need to learn to be a . Quote Blender. !. Whenever you are asked to provide “text evidence” in your written responses or essays, avoid quote floats! The following is an example of . Tips on how to integrate textual support smoothly into your own writing. 2. What works?. INEFFECTIVE. . Rodriguez writes, “My parents, who are no longer my parents in a cultural sense.” He expresses the alienation from his family that has resulted from his assimilation into English-speaking American culture.. Q. uotes . E. ffectively. TLQC. Transition. Lead-in. Quote . Commentary . As he reads to Mrs. Dubose, Jem never loses his calm. Scout observes that “Through the weeks he had cultivated an expression of polite and detached interest, which he would present to her in answer to her most blood-curdling inventions.” Jem is taking his father’s advice and growing into the kind of man who will not get dragged down by other people’s anger. . L.4.2.b . Use commas and quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text.. Quotation Marks…. a. re used to set off the direct speech, or dialogue, when writing.. g. o around the direct quote, not the part spoken by the narrator.. When to Use Quotations. . Around. . what is . said . by you or someone else. (dialogue). . Around . famous sayings . (“Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re . gonna. get,” said Forrest.). Text . R. esponse Essay. Using quotes. Sometimes better to use short quotes. Don’t use quotes longer than a sentence. Rote learn quotations – select them strategically. Be accurate. Incidental Quotes – . Parenthetical Citations. Why should you cite sources?. When should you cite sources?. When should you quote directly from your source?. Whom should you cite?. Where should you cite your sources?. Where should you cite your sources?. This quick . PowerPoint . focuses . on the . various . ways to introduce your sources/ direct quotations. , paraphrases, and summaries, . an important element to . integrating/incorporating . quotes . into a Literary Analysis Paper. GUIDELINES. But why?. As you choose quotations for a literary analysis, remember the purpose of quoting. Your paper develops . an argument . about what the author of the text is doing--how the text "works. 2 quotations – identify techniques and explain the closeness and intimacy of the relationship. Quote an example of what the second best bed is like and quote an example of the best bed – explain how this is a contrast and what it tells us. How do I make my quotations fit in my essay nicely?. Use quotations from authorities in your subject to . support. what you say, not for your thesis statement or main points.. Select quotations that fit your message.. If so … then you need to learn to be a . Quote Blender. !. Whenever you are asked to provide “text evidence” in your written responses or essays, avoid quote floats! The following is an example of .