Quote Blending

1. Blend the quote as if it is a natural part of your sentence. 2. Introduce the quote and use a colon. 3. Introduce the speaker before the quote and use a comma. Quote Blending

BAD: Mathilde Loisel was upset because she thought she should have nice things. This is shown in the quote, “She grieved incessantly, feeling that she had been born for all the little niceties and luxuries of living” (221). GOOD: Mathilde Loisel was upset because “She grieved incessantly, feeling that she had been born for all the little niceties and luxuries of living” (221). Quote Blending

The sentence before the colon explains your point. What follows the colon is your support in the form of a quote. Montresor’s inspiration for killing Fortunato came in the form of an insult: “A thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best I could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge” (233). Quote Blending

Ellipsis Points (…) can be used to indicate that you have omitted some of the quoted materials. “Mme. Loisel appeared an old woman now…But, sometimes…she would sit near the window and think of that long-ago evening when…she had been so beautiful” (227). Quote Blending

A shocked Mme. Forestier gasped, “Oh, my poor Mathilde. But mine was fake” (228). Quote Blending

1. Always use quotation marks to indicate that the words you are using are not your own. 2. Capitalize the first word in the quotation if it begins your sentence. 3. Use an ellipsis (…) to indicate that a word or words have been left out. 4. Give credit for the quote using a parenthetical citation at the end of the sentence. Quote Paraphrasing Summarizing

Della was saddened by not having much money to spend on her husbands gift: “There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl” (204). Quoting a Quote

Paraphrasing: restating an original work in one’s own words.  Replace the author’s words with synonyms.  Vary the structure of the original sentences  Give credit for the paraphrasing using a parenthetical citation at the end of the sentence. Paraphrasing a Quote

Original: O. Henry ( ), whose real name was William Sydney Porter, was brought up in Greensboro, North Carolina. At the age of twenty, he went to Texas, where he became a rancher, worked as a bank teller, and founded a humorous weekly called The Rolling Stone. Paraphrase: O. Henry ( ) was born William Sidney Porter, and was raised in Greensboro, North Carolina. By the age of twenty, he began a career in Texas as a rancher and a bank teller. Later he became the founder of The Rolling Stone, a humorous weekly (Van Allen 207). Paraphrasing a Quote

Summarizing: writing information in a condensed, concise form, touching only on the main ideas.  Condense paragraphs into one or two sentences expressing the main idea of the paragraph.  You may have to INFER what the main idea of the paragraph is from the information given.  Give credit for the summary using a Parenthetical Citation at the end of the summary. Summarizing Quote

Summarized from page 207 in your literature book. O. Henry worked various jobs, one of which was as a bank teller. He was accused of stealing. He fled, but was caught and spent five years in prison. He made a mistake in running, because he could have been cleared of the charges. While in prison, he wrote some of his greatest works (Van Allen 207). Summarizing a Quote