How to make a quote sandwich

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How to make a quote sandwich

A quote sandwich has 3 main parts

1.

2.

3.

Context

Quote

Analysis

An example of a quote sandwich

Juliet often uses duplicity to remain loyal to Romeo while deceiving her parents and Paris. One example of this is when

Lady Capulet is trying to comfort Juliet, who is presumably upset over Tybalt’s death. Juliet is actually more distraught over Romeo’s banishment, but she pretends to be angry at

Romeo. Juliet tells her mother, “Indeed, I never shall be satisfied / With Romeo till I behold him —dead— / Is my poor heart, so for a kinsman vexed” (Shakespeare 3.5.98-100).

Lady Capulet will interpret this to mean that Juliet wants to behold Romeo dead. However, the audience knows that

Juliet actually means her heart is dead. Lady Capulet thinks the kinsman who is vexed is Tybalt, whereas Juliet is actually referring to Romeo. Juliet cleverly employs ambiguous speech to keep her love for Romeo secret yet true.

1. Context

Where in the story the quote is from

What is happening at that moment

Which character said it to whom

Example:

Juliet often uses duplicity to remain loyal to Romeo while deceiving her parents and Paris. One example of this is when

Lady Capulet is trying to comfort Juliet, who is presumably upset over Tybalt’s death . Juliet is actually more distraught over Romeo’s banishment, but she pretends to be angry at

Romeo.

Juliet tells her mother, “Indeed, I never shall be satisfied …

2. Quote

Should not be too long

Should not merely state a fact

Must be punctuated correctly (use / to show line breaks)

Must be followed by the correct citation

Example:

…Juliet tells her mother, “Indeed, I never shall be satisfied / With Romeo till I behold him —dead—

/ Is my poor heart, so for a kinsman vexed”

(Shakespeare 3.5.98-100).

Lady Capulet will interpret this to mean that Juliet wants to behold

Romeo dead…

2.5 Punctuating & Citing the Quote

The quote will start with a lower case letter if you start in mid-sentence

The quote will start with a capital letter if it is the beginning of a sentence

Put a / to show the line breaks

The author and act.scene.lines-lines will be in parenthesis after the quote.

The period goes after the parenthesis.

(Shakespeare 3.5.98-100).

3. Analysis

Your interpretation

Explain how it proves your point

 Describe what the quote reveals

Example:

Juliet tells her mother, “Indeed, I never shall be satisfied / With

Romeo till I behold him —dead— / Is my poor heart, so for a kinsman vexed” (Shakespeare 3.5.98-100). Lady Capulet will interpret this to mean that Juliet wants to behold Romeo dead.

However, the audience knows that Juliet actually means her heart is dead. Lady Capulet thinks the kinsman who is vexed is

Tybalt, whereas Juliet is actually referring to Romeo. Juliet cleverly employs ambiguous speech to keep her love for

Romeo secret yet true.

Quote Sandwich…mmm…delicious!

Topic

Sentence

Context

Quote

Analysis

Juliet often uses duplicity to remain loyal to Romeo while deceiving her parents and Paris.

One example of this is when Lady Capulet is trying to comfort Juliet, who is presumably upset over Tybalt’s death. Juliet is actually more distraught over Romeo’s banishment, but she pretends to be angry at Romeo. Juliet tells her mother ,

“Indeed, I never shall be satisfied / With Romeo till I behold him —dead— / Is my poor heart, so for a kinsman vexed” (Shakespeare 3.5.98-100).

Lady Capulet will interpret this to mean that Juliet wants to behold Romeo dead. However, the audience knows that Juliet actually means her heart is dead. Lady Capulet thinks the kinsman who is vexed is Tybalt, whereas Juliet is actually referring to Romeo. Juliet cleverly employs ambiguous speech to keep her love for Romeo secret yet true.

For more information

 See A Pocket Style Manual p. 116-119 section titled “Integrating literary quotations”

 See A Pocket Style Manual page 126 #19

“verse plays and poems” for more information on how to cite Shakespeare

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