Embedding Quotes Mini-lesson

Embedding Quotations--ALL QUOTES must be introduced in an essay.  A. ROLLS ROYCE (most impressive; demonstrates you are a sophisticated writer; most difficult to master) Incorporate a quote into a sentence that you have already begun: Realizing how hurt Piggy is, Ralph can’t decide “between the two courses of apology or further insult.” Smokers continually “infringe on the rights of others when they light up in confined places such as elevators and restrooms.” Evidence of a plane crash was “visible in the trees; there were the splintered trunks and then the drag, leaving only a fringe of palms between the scar and the sea.” Americans must learn “that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide.”

Practice with a line from your favorite song: In the 1960s, many people saw “something happening here.” Sometimes we feel “a little drunk” when we are in love. People who are addicted to gambling “live just to play the game.”

B. CADILLAC (perfectly acceptable, just not as impressive) Introduce the quote with a complete sentence. This is what most students are doing when they “plop” quotes into a paper. All you need to do is put a colon after the sentence preceding the quote and begin the quote with a capital letter. This time the quote must be a complete sentence. Ralph’s common sense is evident in the novel: “If a ship comes near the island they may not notice us. So we must make. . . a fire.” Second hand smoke has been proven lethal: “Cases are now being documented where people whose parents smoked are getting lung cancer when they themselves have not smoked” (“Truth” 4). Emerson believes passionately in individualism: “Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.”

Practice with a line from a movie. Arnold Schwarzenneger’s character in Terminator was a man of few words: “I’ll be back.” Ariel is constantly enamored with the realm of humans: “Wish I could be part of your world.”

C. CHEVY CHEVETTE (gets you there, but without much style) Introduce or end the quote by identifying the speaker. Loyd says to Codi, “Too good to speak to an Indian boy on the street?” “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” says Dr. King. According to Emerson, “In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts.”

Choose three important points we discussed yesterday about our characters in the Crucible. From what we read write three sentences and write it in the Rolls Royce Version of embedding quotes.

Abigail Williams Abigail felt as though Goody Proctor was “a lying cold, sniveling woman,” who she would not “black[en] her face for…”