I.C.E Method to analyze text I = Introduce C = Cite – (To quote or refer to…) E = Explain

Direct Quotations Definition: A direct quotation is a direct and exact restatement of someone else’s words. Direct quotations offer textual support to help strengthen your position on a topic. It gives evidence to support your position and it takes your reader to your exact thoughts. Any words in a story, article, text is someone else’s words!!!!

To Introduce… Don’t just throw a quote into your paragraph. Introduce it. The quotation should flow into your writing naturally.

To cite… Use quotation marks around the quote used. (Remember, you need two!) Include the name of the author. Example: In the story, “The Wise Old Woman,” Uchida describes young lord as, “arrogant and cruel.”

To Explain… You will need to explain to your reader how the quote supports your position on the topic. Why does your quote prove you are right?

Red – Introduce Blue – Cite Green - Explain Example The protagonist in “The Landlady” is Billy Weaver. Readers can describe him as curious. In the story, Billy continues to try to remember the names from the guest book. Author Roald Dahl wrote, “He was still puzzling his head about the two names. He was positive now that he had seen them in the newspapers – in the headlines.” This quotation proves Billy is curious because he kept trying to determine where he had heard the names before. Throughout the remainder of the story, he would not give up on finding out where he had heard the names.

Red – Introduce Blue – Cite Green - Explain Example In the story “The Landlady,” the protagonist Billy Weaver is a young man looking for a place to stay. Readers can characterize him as cocky and ignorant. Billy’s ignorance is shown when he first meets with the landlady and told the low price of the room. The author, Roald Dahl, writes “It was fantastically cheap. It was less than half of what he had been willing to pay.” This evidence suggests that Billy is ignorant because the rent was so low, something must have been suspicious about the situation. When something sounds to good to be true, there usually is a catch.