Ways to Weave a Quote into a Sentence while NOT CREATING COMMA
SPLICES:
1. Introduce the quotation with a complete sentence and a colon:
Ex: Thoreau ends his essay with a metaphor: "Time is but the stream I go afishing in."
***IF YOU USE A COMMA HERE INSTEAD OF A COLON, YOU
CREATE A COMMA SPLICE. 
2. Use an introductory or explanatory phrase, but not a complete sentence,
separated from the quotation with a comma.
Ex: Thoreau suggests the consequences of making ourselves slaves to
progress when he says, "We do not ride on the railroad; it rides upon us."
3. Make the quotation a part of your own sentence without any
punctuation between your own words and the words you are quoting.
Ex: According to Thoreau, people are too often "thrown off the track by
every nutshell and mosquito's wing that falls on the rails."
4. Use short quotations--only a few words--as part of your own sentence.
Ex: Thoreau argues that people blindly accept "shams and delusions" as the
"soundest truths," while regarding reality as "fabulous."
PRACTICE QUIZ ON QUOTE WEAVING:
1. Thoreau asks "If the bell rings, why should we run?"
A. Thoreau asks "If the bell rings, why should we run?" (no
punctuation)
B. Thoreau asks, "If the bell rings, why should we run?"
C. Thoreau asks; "If the bell rings, why should we run?"
D. Thoreau asks: "If the bell rings, why should we run?"
2. Thoreau says that "We are determined to be starved before we are
hungry."
A. Thoreau says that "We are determined to be starved before we are
hungry." (no punctuation)
B. Thoreau says that, "We are determined to be starved before we are
hungry."
C. Thoreau says that; "We are determined to be starved before we are
hungry."
D. Thoreau says that: "We are determined to be starved before we are
hungry."
3. Thoreau explains why he decided to live in the woods "I did not wish to live
what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation,
unless it was quite necessary."
A. Thoreau explains why he decided to live in the woods "I did not
wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to
practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary." (no punctuation)
B. Thoreau explains why he decided to live in the woods, "I did not
wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to
practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary."
C. Thoreau explains why he decided to live in the woods; "I did not
wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to
practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary."
D. Thoreau explains why he decided to live in the woods: "I did not
wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to
practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary."
4. Thoreau summarizes how he thinks we can improve our lives "Simplify,
simplify."
A. Thoreau summarizes how he thinks we can improve our lives
"Simplify, simplify." (no punctuation)
B. Thoreau summarizes how he thinks we can improve our lives,
"Simplify, simplify."
C. Thoreau summarizes how he thinks we can improve our lives;
"Simplify, simplify."
D. Thoreau summarizes how he thinks we can improve our lives:
"Simplify, simplify."
REWRITE TO FIX THE SENTENCES BELOW!!
5. Gene and Finny talk about Finny’s theory of the war, “Don’t be a sap—
there isn’t any war” (Knowles 105).
6. Gene was frustrated with Finny in the hospital room, “I slammed my fist
against the suitcase” (Knowles 180).