Quotation Usage-Principles

How do you run your sentence and the quotation together?

You run your words with the quoted passage together seamlessly. You craft your sentence so that it is tailored to fit the exact quote, not the other way around. What you say has to run smoothly and transition into the quote. You don't need to put a comma before the quoted material or insert an ellipsis if you are picking up the quotation in mid-sentence. Capital letters at the beginning of a quoted sentence can be lower cased as well.

How do you add words to a quotation?

You use square brackets around the words. Do so sparingly--to avoid confusion to readers.

The two primary style manuals used in college courses are published by what two publishers?

The MLA (Modern Language Association), primarily used in humanities classes such as English and history, and the APA (American Psychological Association), primarily used in social science classes such as psychology and sociology.

What are the two basic types of quotations?

The block quote and the integrated quote. You will either set quoted material off in a block quote or integrate in into the body of your essay. You choice depends on length: longer passages must be block quoted, while shorter quotations should be integrated.

What benefits can including quoting in your essays have?

The can add color and credibility to your writing; they can help make your papers clearer, more entertaining, and more persuasive.

How do you indicate that you've left out words in a quotation?

Using ellipsis (...). A fourth dot is added to as a period if you omit the end of the sentence or leave out an entire sentence when block quoting.

When you use someone else's words in your paper, you have to do what?

You have to place them in quotation marks and supply proper documentation.

If you decide to quote authors who contest your thesis, what must you do? If you don't do this, what can happen?

You must some how address their ideas or findings. You must explain in your own words how the author's ideas either are inaccurate, partly correct, or may actually support your thesis/ If you don't do this, your reader will likely be confused, wondering how that material fits your paper's thesis.

In a block quote, the words quoted from the original passage retain their __________.

punctuation

What are the different ways to integrate a quotation?

1. Introduce the quotation with a verb. (most common way) 2. Introduce the quotation without a verb but with a colon. 3. Run your sentence and the quotation together. 4. Pick out only certain words to quote in your sentence.

When should you not quote material?

1. Just to fill space. 2. To substitute your own thinking. Do not substitute other people's views and voices for your own; use theirs to support your own. 3. If only because you don't understand the author's ideas well enough to paraphrase them. You need to understand the material you quote.

When should you quote?

1. When the author has written something in a distinctive or especially insightful or interesting way. It may help make your paper more entertaining or persuasive. 2. When it will lend support or credence to a position you are trying to make in your paper. Just remember to not misrepresent what the author said by adding something he didn't say or leaving out something he said. 3. When and author disagrees with your position or who offer alternative explanations or contradictory data to yours. This can increase your credibility in the eyes of many readers. You are more likely to be perceived as fair and thorough in your treatment of the subject: these quotations demonstrate that you recognize and understand alternative points of view. Second, such quotations place you in a better position to defend your assertions because they allow you the ability to reflect upon the other person's contentions, acknowledging its worth or value when needed and criticizing it when appropriate.

Generally, if you take more than _______words in a row from a source text and incorporate them word for word in your essay, what do you need to do? There are ________to this general guideline though.

3/You need to place quotation marks around the passage/exceptions

Articulate

Having or showing the ability to speak fluently or coherently.

How do you add emphasis to quotations?

If you want to add emphasis to a word or passage in a quotation, put it in italics and then indicate the addition of the emphasis by: MLA style: After the quotation itself, place in parenthesis the words "emphasis added," after the page number (if any). Or place "emphasis added" in square brackets immediately after the emphasized words.

If used improperly, what affect can quoting have?

It can give the impression that you cannot think through a topic for yourself or cannot articulate ideas in your own words.

What does documenting quoted material tell your readers?

It tells them where you can find the exact language in the source text.

MLA guidelines for block quote length

Quotations of more than 4 typed lines of paper must be block quoted.

Describe how to integrate a quotation with a verb.

The most common way. You usually introduce the quotation by giving the author's full name, perhaps his or her credentials, maybe even the title of the work, followed by an appropriate verb such as says, notes, comments, contends, etc. If you integrate material from a source text that already contains quotation marks, the regular quotation marks (" ") turn into single quotation marks (' '). The final period at the end of the sentence in this case follows the parenthetical citation of the page number. Also, if sentence ends in exclamation or question mark, include it before the closing quotation mark. True for MLA and APA.

What is one of the main reasons for quoting material?

To acknowledge an author's distinctive language.

precede

come before

APA guidelines call for ______inch indentation of a block quote. Any additional paragraphs are indented an additional _____inch on the first line.

half/half

When using colons to introduce a quote, if you don't use the author's name at the beginning of the quote, you have to do what?

include it at the end of the quote in the page number citation. Author first, then page number. Per MLA.

inclusive

including or covering all things or items; containing as part of a whole

MLA guidelines call for ______ inch indentation of a block quote and any additional paragraphs are indented an additional _____inch on the first line.

one/quarter