Also known as quotations Integrating Quotes Also known as quotations

directly repeating someone else’s words What is a quotation? directly repeating someone else’s words

Why use quotations? To prove your ideas are correct To illustrate your point of view To demonstrate how you arrived at on original idea of your own

Rule #1 Quotations can never stand by themselves. They must be INTRODUCED and EXPLAINED

Always explain the connection between your idea and the quote you used Rule #2 Always explain the connection between your idea and the quote you used

Always say from where you took the quote Rule #3 Always say from where you took the quote This includes title of work, character who said it, and/or page number

Rule #4 Place the source of your quote (ie. author if necessary; page number) in parentheses directly after the quote Ex. Scout reminds us of Atticus’s polite manners when she tells us that “it was the polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in, not about what you were interested in” (205).

Rule #5 Integrate the quotation into your sentence in a grammatically correct way

Incorrect During the trial, we learn more about the Ewells, “lived behind the town garbage dump in what was once a Negro cabin” (227). During the trial, we learn more about the Ewells. “Maycomb’s Ewells lived behind the town garbage dump in what was once a Negro cabin” (227).

Correct During the trial, we learn more about the Ewells who “lived behind the town garbage dump in what was once a Negro cabin” (227). During the trial, we learn more about the Ewells: “Maycomb’s Ewells lived behind the town garbage dump in what was once a Negro cabin” (227)

Signal Phrases These help to smoothly integrate the quote into your sentence. Ex: Atticus adds that Scout asserts Mr. Raymond believes Harper Lee suggests This illustrates that

Other “technical” rules Use ellipses to take out words in a quote, making it shorter. Ex. Atticus explains to Uncle Jack that “When a child asks you something, answer him…but don’t make a production of it” (116). Add your own words to help make grammatical sense, if need be. Put them in square brackets [ ]

Technical rules continued… Use “block quotes” when you’re quoting 4 or more lines of text. Double-space the quote and do not use quotation marks.

Answer two questions to practice quote integration Now you try it! Read ch. 24 Answer two questions to practice quote integration