Using Textual Citations in Papers And citing them properly too!

Why Use Quotes? Direct Text To prove a point To highlight a discrepancy (Refute a point) Scholarly Opinion To prove a point To highlight a discrepancy (Refute a point) Because the author can say it better than you can.

What NOT to Do, and yet so many do! Awfulness Count: Not in PEEL!! Not in PEEL! All plot Summary Randomly dropped quote with no context Doesn’t start with words to connect with thesis Improper citation What NOT to Do, and yet so many do! Thesis: The theme friends as opposites is demonstrated throughout Siddhartha by his relationships with Govinda, Kamala, and Vasudeva. Govinda and Siddhartha start their journey together as Brahmin. Siddhartha is discontented with his life as a Brahmin because it doesn’t lead him to enlightenment. Govinda decides to join him. They decide to leave the Brahmin and join the Samanas and do that. They then meet the Buddha. Govinda stays with the Buddha as a follower and Siddhartha chooses to leave. He goes on to live with the child people. “ You have taken the step, you have chosen the path. . .you have always walked a step behind me.” (Hesse 29).

How to Prevent the Atrocity of the Last Slide!

This is exactly how the quote looks in the book Step 1: Choosing a Quote Each quote needs to show support of the Point being made in the paragraph. Proving Siddhartha and Kamala are different: Kamala exclaimed: “No, my worthy friend, he is not satisfactory. He must have clothes, lovely clothes, and shoes, lovely shoes, and lots of money in his pouch, and gifts for Kamala. This is exactly how the quote looks in the book

Step 2: Properly Citing Standard MLA citation Text: Where there was a quote in the text, now it is a single quote Step 2: Properly Citing Note: the text now starts with a quotation mark Standard MLA citation Text: Kamala exclaimed: “No, my worthy friend, he is not satisfactory. He must have clothes, lovely clothes, and shoes, lovely shoes, and lots of money in his pouch, and gifts for Kamala. “Kamala exclaimed: ‘No, my worthy friend, he is not satisfactory. He must have clothes, lovely clothes, and shoes, lovely shoes, and lots of money in his pouch, and gifts for Kamala’”(Hesse 51). Open paren, author’s last name, Space, page number, closed paren, Period after the Closed paren All opened quotes are closed. NO PERIOD

Step 2: Properly Citing Long MLA citation from Prentice Hall Reference Guide .(Hesse 67)

Step 2: Properly Citing Long MLA citation, abridged text: His father was to be admired, quiet and noble were his manners, pure his life, wise his words, delicate and noble thoughts lived behind its brow --but even he, who knew so much, did he live in blissfulness, did he have peace, was he not also just a searching man, a thirsty man? Did he not, again and again, have to drink from holy sources, as a thirsty man, from the offerings, from the books, from the disputes of the Brahmans? Why did he, the irreproachable one, have to wash off sins every day, strive for a cleansing every day, over and over every day? Was not Atman in him, did not the pristine source spring from his heart? It had to be found, the pristine source in one's own self, it had to be possessed! Everything else was searching, was a detour, was getting lost. How to abridge the quote proving dissatisfaction with his father, the Brahmin: “His father was to be admired. . .but even he,. . . did he live in blissfulness, did he have peace, was he not also just a searching man, a thirsty man? . . . Why did he, the irreproachable one, have to wash off sins every day, strive for a cleansing every day, over and over every day?” (Hesse 5)

Step 3: Introducing the Quotation Many ways to introduce a quote Using the author in the sentence Stating which character said the quote Using the quote as part of your paper No matter what the textual quote: Cannot start the paragraph Cannot end the paragraph Must be introduced, placed in the paper, then explained

Step 3: Using the author in the sentence (not recommended for this paper) Quote proving the point that Siddhartha experiences true wisdom at the end of his journey: Siddhartha explains his new found wisdom to Govinda. Hesse mentions that Siddhartha discovers that "During deep meditation it is possible to dispel time, to see simultaneously all the past, present and future, and then everything is good, everything is perfect, everything is Brahman" (116). Hesse tries to relate to the reader Siddhartha’s revelation of wisdom as Siddhartha experiences it. Only page number is needed b/c author is mentioned before the quote Notice: the quote is introduced, dropped, then explained

Step 3: Stating which character said the quote Black: transition sentence; links to thesis Red: Point Green: Example Purple: Explanation Blue: Link Step 3: Stating which character said the quote Quote proving Siddhartha and Kamala are different Kamala and Siddhartha are also friends with opposing opinions. While Siddhartha is more spiritual , Kamala cares only of materialistic things. Kamala tells Siddhartha, “No, my worthy friend, he is not satisfactory. He must have clothes, lovely clothes, and shoes, lovely shoes, and lots of money in his pouch, and gifts for Kamala”(Hesse 51). Here she addresses him as friend, proving they are friends and addresses that she does not think he is dressed to her liking. Her saying the word “No” at the beginning of the quote shows that Siddhartha must have thought the contrary to what she was thinking. They clearly differ on their opinion of what is important.

Step 3: Using the quote as part of your own words (not recommended) Black: filler Red: Point Green: Example Purple: Explanation Blue: Link Step 3: Using the quote as part of your own words (not recommended) Quote proving that life runs in cycles A third cycle in the book is that Siddhartha returns to the River every time he comes to a major crossroads. When he first decided to stop focusing on his superego, Siddhartha leaves the Samanas and comes to the River. Later in the book, when he decided to stop focusing on his Id, Siddhartha again returns to the River, completing the cycle. "The new Siddhartha felt a deep love for this flowing water and decided that he would not leave it again so quickly" (Hesse 81). The River gave him the peace he was looking for all along. His decision to stay by the River and appreciate what it has to offer fulfills the ferryman’s prophesy that everything comes back to the river. This completes the cycle of Siddhartha returning to the river every time he changes lifestyles.

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Final Thoughts: Choose solid quotes Explain what the quote is about and why it proves your point Cite properly. Go to WWS to check this For the most part, this is where you live: “Text to be quoted” (Hesse 67). Quote, text, quote, paren, name, space, pg, paren, period