Part 2: INTEGRATE QUOTES INTO YOUR WRITING

Part 2: INTEGRATE QUOTES INTO YOUR WRITING

Directions: Read the following information about how to effectively integrate quotes into your writing. Then complete the exercise practices.

Method #1: Integrate the sample quote with a SIGNAL WORD and a COMMA.

Method #2: MAKE THE QUOTE PART OF THE SENTENCE

Method #3: PARAPHRASE

The statement must be in your own words.

If you use any phrases that are in the original quote, place them in quotation marks.

Add a citation—even if a paraphrase is in your own words, it is still someone else’s idea.

example:

Student’s sentence: After June’s horrible piano recital, her sister Ann belittles her.

Quote: “You aren’t a genius like me” (Tan 151)

Method #1: After June’s horrible piano recital, her sister Ann belittles her. She insists, “You aren’t a genius like me” (Tan 151).

Method #2: After June’s horrible piano recital, her sister Ann belittles her. She accuses her of not being a “genius” like she is (Tan 151).

Method #3: After June’s horrible piano recital, her sister Ann belittles her. She makes June feel like she is worthless and not as smart as she is (Tan 151).

Practice Exercises (answer*)

1. Student sentence: Old Man Warner firmly believes that the lottery is a worthwhile tradition.Quote: “There’s always been a lottery” (31).

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2. Student sentence: The narrator of “Imagine” is obviously advocating equality and world peace.

Quote: “Imagine all the people/Living life in peace…No need for greed or hunger/A brotherhood of man” (22-25).

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3. Student sentence: In the poem “Legal Alien,” the narrator is both proud that she is bi-cultural and angry about the way she is treated because of it.Quote: “able to” and “masking the discomfort” (4,20)

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