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Quotes

By: Emily,

And

Damien

How to chose your

Quotes

Relevance

Currency

Credibility

Objectivity

The key to Quotes

Exactness is the key to using and embedding quotes.

Tips

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

Put quotation marks around direct quotes.

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.”

Quotations within a Quotation

Use single quotation marks to enclose quotes within a quotation.

Quotation Marks beyond quotations

● may additionally be used to indicate words used ironically or with some reservation.

Do not use quotation marks for words used as words themselves. In this case, you should use italics.

Direct Quotations

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.

Indirect Quotations

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

encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Jan. 2011. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_mark

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