Blending Quotes

Blend quotes smoothly into your writing Blend quotes smoothly into your writing. Do not just drop a quotation into your paper and hope it fits. An irrelevant quotation is worse than no quotation at all. You need to surround your quotation with your own words to give it a home.

Higher Order Thinking! The PURPOSE for Using Quotes in the First Place! The purpose of integrating quotations into your writing is to: Demonstrate that you have a firm grasp on your topic Prove that your assertion is valid Strengthen your credibility to the reader Textual evidence can be incredibly powerful, but only if you EXPLICITLY explain to your reader how it supports your assertion. This is called commentary or analysis. You need to connect…the…dots! Don’t assume your readers will reach the conclusion you intend; make the connection for them.

Blending Quotes Seamlessly According to some, dreams express “profound aspects of personality”(Foulkes 184). Conversely, some disagree…. According to Foulkes's study, dreams reveal “our inner most nature” as well as, “deeper aspects of our psychological components” (184-185). Baudelaire reveals his view of poets in the phrase, “this prince of clouds,” (4,2). The point is made evident that poets are akin to celestial beings who have a broader, more penetrating perspective of life.

Verbs you can use to introduce quotes are…… Argues Points out States Says Believes Comments Suggests Insists Observes Thinks Claims Tells Notes Explains Reveals Concludes Implies Remarks

Examples Malcolm X suggests…….. This statement points out…….. Here the author notes…… It is suggested here……. Marshall Cohen clearly argues and points out…… Stevie Wonder observes and comments……

Transitional phrase to introduce your commentary and analysis: In view of this….. With this in mind…… Clearly,……… Similarly…. Correspondingly….. Indeed….

Transitions

Setting up an example or detail: For example As illustrated by To clarify For instance Such as As exemplified by Accordingly Specifically As demonstrated by

Sequencing supporting ideas and commentary: First  Second  Third  Last One  Another  Also  Finally In the first place  Furthermore  After that  Later on  At last First  Next  Then  Last One  Additionally  Equally important To begin  Then  Consequently At first  After that  Finally One terrible  Worse  The worst It started when  As a result  Then  Therefore One way  Another option  A final method

Quantity Words (for Enumeration): Numerous A variety of A vast amount of A couple of A plethora of Some A multitude of Various Several A number of Three/Four/Five… A myriad of

Occasion / Position Words:  If Although Throughout Since Before Whenever During While In order to Whether After As long as Until Wherever Even though

Concluding words: Clearly Ultimately In effect For these reasons Altogether Truly In fact Definitely As a result All in all Thus In summation In conclusion Overall Certainly Indeed Consequently Due to