I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I have learnt. - Patrick White

 There are a lot of things we could be discussing:  Dialogue between characters  A motto or slogan that summarizes the whole book  Just any old sentence from the text  Quotes that the author has already used from other people

 When we are talking quoting from a book, or citing evidence from a text, a quote should be:  Something insightful  Something significant  Actual sentences from a specific section of text  Backing up an observation on character, relationships, theme, setting, point of view, tone, voice, symbolism, imagery, or other literary devices

 The following example is from the book Delirium by Lauren Oliver: “Hana, with her golden, halo hair and bright gray eyes, and perfect straight teeth, and her laugh that makes everyone in a two-mile radius whip around and look at her and laugh too” (Oliver, 27). WHY would this be a good quote to include?

“Maybe it was the race, or beating him to the buoys, or the fact that he didn’t criticize me or my family when I told him about my mother, but in that moment the giddiness and happiness is flowing strong and I feel like I could tell Alex anything, ask him anything” (Oliver 162). WHY is this a good quote to include?

“I loved hanging out by the campfire after dark. I loved the way bits of fire dust would float up and disappear into the night air. And how the fire lit up people’s faces. I loved the sound the fire made, too. And how the woods were so dark that you couldn’t seen anything around you, and you’d look up and see a billion stars in the sky... like someone sprinkled salt on a shiny black table” (Palacio 258). WHY is this a good quote to include?

 PAGE NUMBERS!!!!!!!  When you have pulled out what you want to use:  Put the whole thing in quotations  If you are typing, you can use italics to further designate it  When you are at the end of your quote, put the closing quotation marks, then parentheses, the author (the first time), the page number, end parentheses and then punctuation.  Quote from Gym Candy by Carl Deuker citation: (Deuker 248)

 “She was very tall with red hair.”  “He said, “I love you” and she said, “I know.”  “Let the Hunger Games begin!”  “Die, villan, die.”  “He looked around and decided to sit down.”

 Let’s practice what quotes you may use.  Remember that the reason WHY they are significant is very important. You will need to share not only the quote itself, but the rationale of why you picked it and what it teaches you about the character.

 To pick a good quote for research, you are looking for:  Exact and specific facts to support your claim  Something that someone says in a way that captures your reader’s interest  A piece of information that is concise. Quotes that last for 3-4 lines can lose a reader  A quote that has a lasting or striking image that the reader will remember  There should be just as much of YOUR writing (or more) as there is of the quote!

 Topic: Texting and Driving “5 seconds is the minimal amount of attention that a driver who texts takes away from the road. If traveling at 55 mph, this equals driving the length of a football field without looking at the road.” ( “Studies show that texting while driving creates a crash risk equal to that of drunk driving.” (“Texting while Driving”)

 If you have the author’s name, you might include it IN your introduction to the quote. Example: Thomas Jefferson, when writing the Constitution, once said....  If you don’t have an author, and the quote came from a database, you put the name of the article in the parentheses.  If you don’t have an author, and it came from a web site, you put the main web address in the parentheses.