Integrating Quotes

Let’s Get One Thing Straight…  Never let a quote “stand alone.”  What does this mean?? Avoid dropping quotes without an introduction, or signal phrase. Always surround the quote with words. Avoid dropping quotes without an introduction, or signal phrase. Always surround the quote with words. WORDS + QUOTE+ ( optional WORDS)= a GREAT integrated quote!

Examples  Bad Example: “Capital punishment is the death sentence awarded for capital offenses like crimes involving planned murder, multiple murders, repeated crimes, rape and murder etc where in the criminal provisions consider such persons as a gross danger to the existence of the society and provide death punishment.” “Capital punishment is the death sentence awarded for capital offenses like crimes involving planned murder, multiple murders, repeated crimes, rape and murder etc where in the criminal provisions consider such persons as a gross danger to the existence of the society and provide death punishment.” There are no words introducing my quote. There must be a signal phrase that introduces the quote. There are no words introducing my quote. There must be a signal phrase that introduces the quote.

Good Example: - According to an article in New York Times, “capital punishment is the death sentence awarded for capital offences like crimes involving planned murder, multiple murders, repeated crimes, rape and murder etc where in the criminal provisions consider such persons as a gross danger to the existence of the society and provide death punishment” (Times 1). * Introduction to my quote. My quote is not alone, words are by it’s side ;)

Great verbs to use for Signal Phrases: acknowledges comments endorses reasons says adds compares grants refutes states admits confirms illustrates rejects exclaims agrees contends implies reports shouts argues declares insists responds cries asserts denies notes suggests confesses believes disputes observes thinks claims emphasizes points out writes

SO I got quotes…Where do I put them?  Your quotes should be in your body paragraphs. This is where you are proving a point with and through research.  Avoid using quotes in the introduction, thesis statement, and conclusion unless you are using them for an “attention getter” within the introduction.  Remember, quotes are best used to support your own analysis. Don’t just drop them anywhere…have purpose in where they go.

Simple Tips:  Avoid using long quotes to take up space. Quotes can be shortened Quotes can be shortened  Make your paper sound like it came from YOU. Don’t fill it with quotes! Quotes should be used for support of what YOU are writing about. Let me hear YOUR voice  Make your paper sound like it came from YOU. Don’t fill it with quotes! Quotes should be used for support of what YOU are writing about. Let me hear YOUR voice

Let’s get this party started…  When using a quote, always cite where it came from.  To cite: Signal phrase+“Insert quote here” (Parentheses). PERIOD is always AFTER the parentheses!PERIOD is always AFTER the parentheses!

In-text Citations with One Author from a book or article:  Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).  Have author’s last name and page number the quote came from. If there is no page number, put NP.

In-text Citations for Print Sources with No Known Author  We see so many global warming hotspots in North America likely because this region has “more readily accessible climatic data and more comprehensive programs to monitor and study environmental change... ” (“Impact of Global Warming” 6).  Use an abbreviated title of the article (first three words of title) and page number

Citing a Work by Multiple Authors  The authors state "Tighter gun control in the United States erodes Second Amendment rights" (Moore, Smith, and Yang, 76).  List all author’s last names in alphabetical order and include the page number.

Shortening Quotes you Want to Use:  Ellipses are three dots {... } to indicate you have eliminated some words from the quotation. Note that there is a space between each dot.

In a recent article in the New York Times, the author states that, "capital punishment is the death sentence awarded for capital offenses like crimes involving planned murder, multiple murders, repeated crimes, rape and murder etc where in the criminal provisions consider such persons as a gross danger to the existence of the society and provide death punishment” (Times 1). In a recent article in the New York Times, the author states that, "capital punishment is the death sentence awarded for capital offenses like crimes involving planned murder, multiple murders, repeated crimes, rape and murder etc where in the criminal provisions consider such persons as a gross danger to the existence of the society and provide death punishment” (Times 1). Shorten to: In a recent article in the New York Times, the author states that, “capital punishment is the death sentence awarded for capital offenses... where such persons [are] a gross danger to the existence of the society and provide death punishment” (Times 1). In a recent article in the New York Times, the author states that, “capital punishment is the death sentence awarded for capital offenses... where such persons [are] a gross danger to the existence of the society and provide death punishment” (Times 1).

Using Brackets  Brackets (square parenthesis [ ] ) allow you to insert words of your own into quoted material to explain a confusing reference or to keep a sentence grammatically correct.  For example, sometimes when you use quote bits, you must change the “I” in a quote to “he” or “she” to make the quote read smoothly into your sentence 

Example using brackets: In a recent article in the New York Times, the author states that, "capital punishment is the death sentence awarded for capital offenses like crimes involving planned murder, multiple murders, repeated crimes, rape and murder etc where in the criminal provisions consider such persons as a gross danger to the existence of the society and provide death punishment” (Times 1). In a recent article in the New York Times, the author states that, "capital punishment is the death sentence awarded for capital offenses like crimes involving planned murder, multiple murders, repeated crimes, rape and murder etc where in the criminal provisions consider such persons as a gross danger to the existence of the society and provide death punishment” (Times 1). Bracket Use: In a recent article in the New York Times, the author states that, “capital punishment is the death sentence awarded for capital offenses... where such persons [are] a gross danger to the existence of the society and provide death punishment” (Times 1). In a recent article in the New York Times, the author states that, “capital punishment is the death sentence awarded for capital offenses... where such persons [are] a gross danger to the existence of the society and provide death punishment” (Times 1).