Part 2: INTEGRATE QUOTES INTO YOUR WRITING
Directions: Read the following information about how to effectively integrate quotes into your writing. Then complete the exercise practices.
Method #1: Integrate the sample quote with a SIGNAL WORD and a COMMA.
Method #2: MAKE THE QUOTE PART OF THE SENTENCE
Method #3: PARAPHRASE
The statement must be in your own words.
If you use any phrases that are in the original quote, place them in quotation marks.
Add a citation—even if a paraphrase is in your own words, it is still someone else’s idea.
example:
Student’s sentence: After June’s horrible piano recital, her sister Ann belittles her.
Quote: “You aren’t a genius like me” (Tan 151)
Method #1: After June’s horrible piano recital, her sister Ann belittles her. She insists, “You aren’t a genius like me” (Tan 151).
Method #2: After June’s horrible piano recital, her sister Ann belittles her. She accuses her of not being a “genius” like she is (Tan 151).
Method #3: After June’s horrible piano recital, her sister Ann belittles her. She makes June feel like she is worthless and not as smart as she is (Tan 151).
Practice Exercises (answer*)
1. Student sentence: Old Man Warner firmly believes that the lottery is a worthwhile tradition.Quote: “There’s always been a lottery” (31).
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2. Student sentence: The narrator of “Imagine” is obviously advocating equality and world peace.
Quote: “Imagine all the people/Living life in peace…No need for greed or hunger/A brotherhood of man” (22-25).
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3. Student sentence: In the poem “Legal Alien,” the narrator is both proud that she is bi-cultural and angry about the way she is treated because of it.Quote: “able to” and “masking the discomfort” (4,20)
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