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Integrating Sources
The following methods show how to correctly incorporate a quote into your writing.
1. Use a signal phrase/ Author intro
EX- According to Virginia Woolf, Peter thought “Clarissa Dalloway is spoilt” (117).
OR During Peter’s walk to the House of Commons, he thought to himself that people would think “Clarissa
Dalloway is spoilt” (Woolf 117).
2. Embed the quote into a sentence of your own.
Original Quote: “Clarissa Dalloway is spoilt” (Woolf 117).
EX – During Peter’s walk to the House of Commons, he thought about the way people viewed Clarissa,
“Clarissa Dalloway is spoilt” they would think, mainly because of the way she treated her roses (Woolf 117).
3. Analyze the quote in a complete sentence to set the reader up to read it. Then use a colon to connect the two
phrases.
EX – Peter realized how people of society viewed Clarissa, especially because of the way she treated her roses
with such reverence: “Clarissa Dalloway is spoilt” (Woolf 117).
Look at the following examples and identify which method of incorporation is used.
Options: 1) Embedding the quote
2) Using a signal phrase
3) Using quote as an appositive (#3)
4) Not incorporate correctly
1. When the Umfundisi and James Jarvis finally meet, The Umfundisi recognizes him, “I have seen you riding
past Ndotsheni” (Paton 181).
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2. Okonkwo rarely threatens Ezinma except when he feels as though she may be leading them nowhere “If you
bring us all this way for nothing I shall beat sense into you” (Achebe 82).
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3. According to Achebe, Okonkwo’s family feels bad for Ikemefuna. “Poor Child” Nwoye’s mother says
(Achebe 58).
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4. When finally going through with the killing of Ikemefuna, Okonkwo questions his own masculinity: “When
did you become a shivering old woman?” (Achebe 65).
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Now, using the same source, incorporate the quote into your words 3 different ways.
SOURCE: “For he never gave Clarissa presents, except a bracelet two or three years ago, which had not been a
success” (Woolf 111).
1. Use a signal phrase denoting the speaker of the quote. Include to context (whom is he talking to and what
about?)
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2. Embed the quote into a sentence of your own (It is helpful to use a phrase from a sentence rather than a
complete sentence as your quote)
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3. Analyze the quote first, then use a colon (: ) to connect your complete sentence to the extra information (aka
appositive)
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