Integrating quotations smoothly into your writing TIE-ing in Quotations Integrating quotations smoothly into your writing

Punctuation after citation THE ESSENTIALS Citation: You must give credit for anything you take from the text: Zaroff states that the ideal quarry “must possess courage, cunning, and above all, it must have reason” (Connell 18). Writer’s Last Name Page Number Punctuation after citation

THE ESSENTIALS Quoted material can never stand alone. You must TIE it in into one sentence: BAD EXAMPLE (NOT TIED IN): Holden is not happy. Holden leaves the compound. “You brute, you brute” (Salinger 234).

THE ESSENTIALS Quoted material can never stand alone. You must TIE it in: GOOD EXAMPLE (TIED IN): “You brute, you brute” (Salinger 234), Holden mutters as he leaves the compound where he…

THE ESSENTIALS Your T.I.E. must lead in—you must lead your reader into the story by giving the context the quotation comes from: “You brute, you brute” (Salinger 234), Holden mutters as he leaves the compound where he and Ameera have spent many happy hours. Story Context

TAG Begin the sentence with the writer’s words (a quotation) Citation follows immediately after Finish with your own words

TAG 1. Writer’s words 2. Citation “You brute, you brute” (Salinger 234), Holden mutters as he leaves the compound where he and Ameera have spent many happy hours. 3. Your words

INTRODUCE Begin the sentence with your own words Finish with you’re the writer’s words (a quotation) Citation follows immediately after

INTRODUCE 1. Your words As Holden leaves the compound where he and Ameera have spent many happy hours, he mutters, “You brute, you brute” (Salinger 234). 2. Writer’s words 3. Citation

EMBED Begin the sentence with your own words Write the writer’s words Citation follows immediately after Finish with your own words

EMBED 1. Your words 2. Writer’s words Holden mutters, “You brute, you brute” (Salinger 234), as he leaves the compound where he and Ameera have spent many happy hours. 3. Citation 4. Your words

Let’s Review Write answers in your English Journal: What does T.I.E. stand for? Write the order of your words, the citation, author’s words for all three (T, I and E).

Let’s Review Tag Introduce E mbed Tag = 1. Writer’s words 2. Citation 3. Your words

Let’s Review Introduce = 1. Your words 2. Writer’s words 3. Citation Embed = 1. Your words 4. Your words