Embedding Quotes And connecting dots…

1. Purposes of embedding quotes Allows us to include important information. – Who said the quote, who they were talking to, and what they were talking about Allows us to make quotes fit our own voices as writers.

2. Examples According to Lennie, he likes beans “with ketchup” (12). George states that “Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world” (15). George once remarked that ranch hands have no family: “They don’t belong no place” (15).

3. How do we punctuate quotes? Introductory information needs to be separated from the rest of the quote with a comma or the word that, but not both. – Antigone says, “It is the dead, not the living, who make the longest demands” (1023). – Antigone says that “It is the dead, not the living, who make the longest demands” (1023).

4. Page numbers? Page numbers for quotes need to come after the quote, but before end punctuation. The period always comes after the page number, not before. A question mark or exclamation mark still needs to be included within a quote.

5. Examples of punctuation “Is it really the sun?” (35). Right “Is it really the sun” (35)? Wrong “Is it really the sun” (35). Wrong

6. Changing Quotes Sometimes you will need to replace a pronoun with a proper name or make other changes to add clarity for your reader. These changes should be made in brackets. – Original Quote: “Kind of like he’s mad at ‘em because he ain’t a big guy” (26). – Clarified Quote: “Kind of like [Curley’s] mad at ‘em because he ain’t a big guy” (26).

7. Omitting Parts of Quotes Sometimes you will want to omit parts of a quote that are not necessary. This should be marked with ellipses. You only need to do this when the omitted part is in the middle of a quote. – Original: “Kind of like he’s mad at ‘em because he ain’t a big guy” (26). – Shortened: “He’s mad…because he ain’t a big guy” (26).

8. More Punctuation If a quotation itself contains words in quotation marks, use single quotation marks around those words. – The breathless narrator exclaims, “Jack said, ‘You’re pretty,” and I practically fainted. Then he said, ‘I like your shoes’!” (1).

9. Using Quotations to Make Your Point After you have contextualized, included and punctuated your quote, you must be sure to explain how your quote develops the point of your essay. Paraphrase the quote Link quote to your claim Contextualizing, paraphrasing, and linking to your claim “connects the dots” for your reader.

10. Example: Underline the link to thesis. Racial tensions grew during the 1920s. According to Text 1, “The Italian gangster and the tightfisted Jew became stock characters in radio programming.” These racial stereotypes were able to spread far and wide because so many Americans listened to the radio in their own homes. Such biased programming is one of the many reasons that the 1920s were fraught with social instability.

11. “Connect the dots” Paraphrase the quote. – Italian gangster and tightfisted Jew are racial stereotypes – Many Americans had radios, so radio programming spread ideas quickly Link to controlling idea. – Such biased programming is one of the many reasons that the 1920s were fraught with social instability

12. Recap Embed (contextualize) with who is speaking and what the situation is. Punctuate carefully. Use the quote to make your point.