An Introduction to Using Quotes
11/23/22, 7:05 PM Lecture: An Introduction to Using Quotes – WR-121-40540 – College Composition Quoting is important, since it is a way to express your understanding that writing is a way of joining an ongoing conversation on your topic. Other people, some of them quite expert, are thinking and talking about the very things you are interested in, so quoting them in your essay is a way to respectfully acknowledge that, as well as offering your audience some of their best ideas. You will integrate well-chosen quotes into your essay. Here are a few tips for choosing, setting up, incorporating, and citing quotes. 1. No more than 20% of your paper should happen inside quotation marks. (Paraphrasing happens outside quotation marks.) 2. Never begin a body paragraph with just a quote. Your reader won’t know what do with it. Moreover, the focus in any paper you write should be on your own language, even if you are explaining someone else’s ideas. Begin body paragraphs with your topic sentences; you provide the framework that guides your reader. 3. If you are using a chunk of quote within your claim or topic sentence, make sure its context and meaning are crystal clear to your reader. That advice goes for the use of any quote anywhere, actually. 4. Always cite your sources. Whether you are quoting or paraphrasing, your reader should always be able to tell where language and ideas not your own are conlag from 5. Any words or phrases that are distinctly not your own go in quotation marks. It is always better to err on the side of over-citing than on the side of under-citing. 6. Always introduce quotes and put them into context. Strong writers strive to do this gracefully. The quote should flow from your own language with grammatical perfection, and the readers should always have a clear sense of where in a text the quote is coming from. 7. Whenever possible, signal in your own language where you are getting a quote, an idea, or a piece of information. In other words, state explicitly to your reader where you got what you are about to say. Examples: "According to journalist Ariel Levy…" "The FAA website maintains that…" "In the October debate, Trump proclaimed…" Keep the writer/speaker (when it’s not you) in the forefront through using signal phrases. Our book gives great examples of these if you are searching for variety. 8. If your set-up gives the name of the writer/speaker/source the in-text citation only needs to include a page number, not the author’s last name or the name of the source. Your reader just needs enough to connect the quote to the citation in the Works Cited page. https://online.pcc.edu/d21/le/content/441155/viewContent/9693625/View 1/2 You have viewed this topic Last Visited Nov 23, 2022 6:08 PM
DZI Lecture: An Introduction to Using Home | MyPCC x M Inbox (22) – [email protected] x _ Report – Google Docs X occ – Yahoo Search Results X 5/View 11/23/22, 7:05 PM Lecture: An Introduction to Using Quotes – WR-121-40540 – College Composition 9. When setting up and contextualizing quotes and/or information, never use shortcuts like "On page 34." This doesn’t enhance anything for the reader, and in any case, page numbers will differ from hardback to paperback, edition to edition, magazine to anthology. Try instead something like, "After pointing out the sexual overtones of baked goods ads, Bordo declares that "the link between appetites should not be underestimated" (35). 10. Though it is fair to drop a portion of a quote out and replace the missing words with a bracketed ellipsis […], it is neither ethical nor appropriate to change the meaning of a quote by leaving things out or leaving it out of context. Example of original quote: "Booty Call will most definitely never be seen in years to come as a triumph of sensitive filmmaking " (Barnett 12). Inappropriate cut job: "Booty Call will most definitely […] be seen in years to come as a triumph of sensitive filmmaking" (Barnett 12). 11. If you need to use a quote that was already a quote when you found it ( a journalist quoting a witness or politician, say), your reader will need to be made aware of where the quote originally came from and where you found it, and you will provide a very specific type of in-text citation. Example: According to Terry Acree, who has a PhD in food science and teaches at Cornell, "A natural flavor isTa flavor that’s been derived with an out-of-date technology" (qtd. in Schlosser 126). 12. If you are using a quote in order to significantly further your points, and/or if the quote might be challenging to your reader, go ahead and discuss or "translate" the quote. Do not leave a dense, multilayered, or difficult quote for your reader to figure out on his or her own-do the work yourself, and in this way lead your reader to understand the quote in the way you want. 13. If a quote would take up four or more lines of your essay, make it a block quote. Use these sparingly; in fact, a four page paper should probably only do this once if at all. Combine paraphrasing with quoting, and only use quotes if it pains you not to. You don’t want to appear to be using long quotes to take up space or get out of paraphrasing or discussing in your own words. https://online.pcc.edu/d21/le/content/441155/viewContent/9693625/View 2/2 You have viewed this topic
Course Home Table of Contents > Week Nine > Week Nine Discussion Week Nine Discussion ~ For your main post, you will write two introduction paragraphs, thesis included. The thesis for each can be the same, but please make the hook/lead parts of each introduction really different. Experiment with different strategies for engaging your reader’s interest right away: a startling statement, fact, or statistic that you go on the explain; a compelling quote; a vivid description of a person or setting, an intriguing anecdote or story, or a combination of these approaches or others that come to your mind. Each intro should be about a half-page long, including your 2- 3 sentence thesis. After you have posted, read at least ten other postings, and respond to two of your classmates’ postings, answering each of these questions in about 3-4 sentences (so 12-16 sentences total for each of your responses). 1. Which introduction’s "hook" do you prefer, and why? 2. Give one specific compliment about the hook, and one specific suggestion about how to make it more interesting/clearer. 3. Does the hook funnel into the thesis or does that "joint" feel choppy? How could things be smoother? 4. Is the thesis clear, specific, and compelling? What suggestions do you have about what to keep and what to change about the thesis? Strong main postings will demonstrate clear understanding of and responsiveness to the class materials about hook and thesis. Responses to classmates will demonstrate this awareness as well as specificity and authentic engagement. Start a New Thread Filter by: All Threads v
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