INTEGRATING QUOTES AND PARAPHRASES Co-starring……Block Indentations.

There are three main ways to TIE quotations and paraphrases smoothly into text: Integrating Quotes

Di Silvestro also found 74,000 nests from sixty-five birds in the United Kingdom, with twenty of this species laying their eggs nine days early (23-25). Introduce

The Oak trees lose their leaves two weeks earlier in England, Di Silvestro contends, and sharks and jellyfish are now moving into water that used to be too cold. He also presents data showing that eighty-nine out of 100 flowers are now blossoming 4.5 days earlier (23-25). Embed

Seventeen hundred species in 20020, such as birds and butterflies have migrated an average of four miles northward, proposes Di Silvestro (23-25). Tag

Quotations & First Signal Phrases…. for a quotation  When using a 1 st signal phrase to introduce a new source – for a quotation……..Place your signal phrase first in the sentence and finish with your quote.  Dr. Margaret Laukaitis, in her book Healthy Teens, published in 2009, states, “Teens feel better when they work-out at least 30 minutes a day”(34).

….for second signal phrases  You can mix up the order of the signal phrase information.  “Teens should also eat well, enjoy recreation, make good friends and get plenty of sleep,” says Dr. Laukaitis (36).

Block Quotations -  ….if your quote is longer than three lines…..  Generally, long quotations are to be avoided. When a long quotation is absolutely essential (generally, only in a formal paper), it should be set off from the text. Still, it is important to introduce the quotation. Usually "set off" text is preceded by a colon: 

A blocked quote in text...  George Orwell had a difficult time acting as a police officer in Lower Burma. As demonstrated in the following excerpt from (title of “essay,”) he was frustrated by his conflicting need to maintain law and order while remaining faithful to the idea that the Burmese had the right to be free: All this was perplexing and upsetting. For at that time I had already made up my mind that imperialism was an evil thing and the sooner I chucked up my job and got out of it the Better. Theoretically--and secretly, of course--I was all for the Burmese and all against their oppressors, the British.(126).

…no quotation marks for blocked text!  Notice when quotations are set off from text they do not require quotation marks unless the quotation is dialogue. Indent each line of the quote 10 spaces from the left margin (15 when starting a new paragraph). Right margin remains the same as the body of the paper. Spacing is the same as the body of the paper. End punctuation is placed at the end of the quote, and the page number follows in the parentheses.

Let it flow………….  All quotations must be tied to text! Do not simply sprinkle them in like confetti. Smooth integration is the mark of a mature writer and makes a paper flow.