How to Integrate quotes Ms. Lee english
What does integrating quotes mean? Integrating quotations means “to weave the author’s words into your own sentences” to prove that what you’re arguing is true.
1. Choose a passage that PROVES your point Choose a part of a passage you want to quote and work on the material into your own essay to sound as natural as possible. 1. Choose a passage that PROVES your point Passage from “The Rocking Horse Winner” about Paul’s mom: “Nevertheless, when her children were present, she always felt the center of her heart go hard” (1). This quote proves that Paul’s mom does not love her kids.
1. Choose a passage that PROVES your point Choose a part of a passage you want to quote and work on the material into your own essay to sound as natural as possible. 1. Choose a passage that PROVES your point Passage from “The Rocking Horse Winner” about Paul’s mom: “Nevertheless, when her children were present, she always felt the center of her heart go hard” (1). This quote proves that Paul’s mom does not love her kids.
2. Choose 1 of the 3 ways to integrate it 1. Begin with an explanation and the quote is at the end. 2. Begin with the quote. 3. Quote is in the middle.
Begin with explanation end with the quote Chosen quote: “Nevertheless, when her children were present, she always felt the center of her heart go hard” (1). Even though Mrs. Wilmot appears to love her children to the rest of the world, “when her children were present, she always felt the center of her heart go hard” (1). Type 1 – Begin with explanation end with the quote
Type 2 – Begin with the quote Chosen quote: “Nevertheless, when her children were present, she always felt the center of her heart go hard” (1). “She always felt the center of her heart go hard” even though Mrs. Wilmot appears to be a loving mother to the rest of the world while inwardly feeling little for her children (1). Type 2 – Begin with the quote
Mrs. Wilmot “always felt the center of heart go hard” when Chosen quote: “Nevertheless, when her children were present, she always felt the center of her heart go hard” (1). Mrs. Wilmot “always felt the center of heart go hard” when her children were present, but to the rest of the world, she appears to be a loving mother (1). Type 3 – Quote is inserted in the middle
Practice with Doodle Idea: Doodle is a sick individual. Quote: Page 2 “The doctor said that he mustn’t get too excited, too hot, too cold, or too tired and that he must always be treated gently.” Integrating the Quote: (integrate with the explanation in the beginning) Doodle is a sick individual, so “[t]he doctor said that he mustn’t get too excited, too hot, too cold, or too tired and that he must always be treated gently” (2).
The Bracket – real quick When integrating quotes use brackets to: 1. to change a letter in order to make the sentence grammatically correct - [t]he 2. to insert a word/ending– played play[ing] 3. change an existing word – Nathan’s book [his] book
Practice with Doodle Idea: Doodle is a sick individual. Quote: Page 2 “The doctor said that he mustn’t get too excited, too hot, too cold, or too tired and that he must always be treated gently.” Integrating the Quote: (integrate with the explanation at the end) “The doctor said that he mustn’t get too excited, too hot, too cold, or too tired and that he must always be treated gently” because Doodle is a sick individual (2).
Practice with Doodle Idea: Doodle is a sick individual. Quote: Page 2 “The doctor said that he mustn’t get too excited, too hot, too cold, or too tired and that he must always be treated gently.” Integrating the Quote: (integrate with the quote in the middle) Doodle “mustn’t get too excited, too hot, too cold, or too tired and…must always be treated gently” because he is a sick individual (2).
Ellipses … “The doctor said that he mustn’t get too excited, too hot, too cold, or too tired and that he must always be treated gently.” 1. Do NOT put ellipses IN FRONT of a quotation, even if the front is missing. 2. Do NOT put ellipses AT THE END of a quotation, even if the back is missing. 3. DO use ellipses to indicate that some of the material is missing. Doodle “mustn’t get too excited, too hot, too cold, or too tired and…must always be treated” with gentleness because he is a sick individual (2).
Can you fix me? INEFFECTIVE Rodriguez writes, “My parents, who are no longer my parents in a cultural sense.” He expresses the alienation from his family. This happened because of him becoming an American and speaking English. EFFECTIVE Rodriguez describes his parents as “no longer [his] parents in a cultural sense” to express the alienation from his family that has resulted from him becoming an American and speaking English.
What if… my quotes are from different pages? Example: “[S]unk in deep maternal bliss” (134), the sow is unaware of the approaching and “dreadful eruption from an unknown world” of British boys masked as savages, who will soon be laughing at Jack’s “reeking palms” (135) as they baptized with blood.
What if… my quotes are from different pages? Example: “[S]unk in deep maternal bliss” (134), the sow is unaware of the approaching and “dreadful eruption from an unknown world” of British boys masked as savages, who will soon be laughing at Jack’s “reeking palms” (135) as they baptized with blood.
What if… I’m writing using 2 sources? This part in your lead in then “your quote would go here” and then you would end with an analysis (Author’s Last Name #).