MR. CASS Quote Integration

The Challenge of Integrating Quotes Integrating quotes is a basic skill that will help you with many types of writing. Most of you have probably used quotes in your writing before, but there are a lot of details involved in doing it well...

Common Mistakes Many students make the mistake of throwing in hit-and-run quotes...

Common Mistakes Example of a hit-and-run quote: A major theme in the play “Romeo & Juliet” is that love is blind. "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.“ Not only is love blind, but...

Quote Integration Overview The hardest part about integrating direct quotes is transitioning: from your words to their words and back to your words. Actually, integrating quotes is a lot like making a...

Transition Phrases Here are some simple phrases that will help you move seamlessly between your words and theirs : Transitioning inTransitioning out When x happens, y thinks... At x point in the story, y states... X becomes clear when y explains.. An example of x is when y says... X’s opinion becomes clear when he tells y that... Basically, y is saying... In other words, y believes.. Based on this quote, y thinks... From this quote, it is clear that... This quote clearly shows that...

Proper Quote Integration Here’s an example of what a well integrated quote would look like: A major theme in the play “Romeo & Juliet” is that love will conquer all. When Romeo despairs that they can never be together because of their opposing families, Juliet responds saying, "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet“ ( ). In other words, Juliet is saying that what their families think doesn’t matter, and that if they love each other everything will work out.

Your Task: 1) Underline the transition into the quote.  What phrase does the author use to transition into Shakespeare’s words? 2) Underline the transition out of the quote  What phrase does the author use to show the reader she’s going from Shakespeare’s words to her own? 3) Punctuation:  What punctuation lets you transition into a quote?  Where does the period go after a quote?  Where do the end quotes go?