Quotes - walkerwritingtutorial
Quotes
By: Emily,
And
Damien
How to chose your
Quotes
Relevance
Currency
Credibility
Objectivity
The key to Quotes
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Exactness is the key to using and embedding quotes.
Tips
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Make sure to cite any quotes used.
You should have at least one sentence that leads into a quote and one that leads out.
You want the persons ideas to flow smoothly with your own.
Use a simple introductory phrase.
Use an independent clause and a colon after the quote.
Incorporate the quote into context of your sentence.
Using Quotations
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Put quotation marks around direct quotes.
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Put the correct punctuation (period, comma, etc.) before the first quotation mark and inside the last quotation mark.
EX: She said, “I can’t wait for the concert Friday.”
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Quotations within a Quotation
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Use single quotation marks to enclose quotes within a quotation.
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Quotation Marks beyond quotations
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Do not use quotation marks for words used as words themselves. In this case, you should use italics.
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Direct Quotations
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Direct quotations involve incorporating another person's exact words into your own writing.
Quotation marks always come in pairs. Do not open a quotation and fail to close it at the end of the quoted material.
Capitalize the first letter of a direct quote when the quoted material is a complete sentence.
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Indirect Quotations
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Indirect quotations are not exact wordings but rather rephrasings or summaries of another person's words. In this case, it is not necessary to use quotation marks. However, indirect quotations still require proper citations, and you will be committing plagiarism if you fail to do so.
Bibliography!
“How to Use Quotes Effectively.”
CSU Bakerfield. Web. 18 Jan. 2011. http://www.csub.edu/~mwoodman/how to use quotes. Htm
“Purdue OWL Engagement. “Welcome to the Purdue University Online Writing
Lab (OWL).
The Writing Lab. The OWL at Purdue, Purdue University. 2011.
Web. 18 Jan. 2011. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/engagement/engagementprint/1/
Strever, Jan. “Embedding Quotes.”Contents-Spokane community College-
Standalone sites.
19 Nov. 2009. Web. 18 Jan. 2011. http://ol.scc.spoane.edu/jstrever/tw/Resources/embed.htm
"Purdue OWL Engagement." Welcome to the Purdue University Online
Writing Lab (OWL). The Writing Lab & The OWL at Purdue and Purdue
University, n.d. Web. 18 Jan. 2011. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/577/
"Quotation mark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free
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