Embedding Quotes Mini-lessonSeptember 17, 2013

Journal #10

Embedding Quotations--ALL QUOTES must be introduced in an essay.

 A. ROLLS ROYCE (most impressive; demonstrates you are a sophisticated writer; most difficult to master)

Incorporate a quote into a sentence that you have already begun:1. Realizing how hurt Piggy is, Ralph can’t decide “between

the two courses of apology or further insult.”2. Smokers continually “infringe on the rights of others

when they light up in confined places such as elevators and restrooms.”

3. Evidence of a plane crash was “visible in the trees; there were the splintered trunks and then the drag, leaving only a fringe of palms between the scar and the sea.”

4. Americans must learn “that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide.”

Practice with a line from your favorite song:

O In the 1960s, many people saw “something happening here.”

O Sometimes we feel “a little drunk” when we are in love.

O People who are addicted to gambling “live just to play the game.”

B. CADILLAC (perfectly acceptable, just not as impressive)

Introduce the quote with a complete sentence. This is what most students are doing when they “plop” quotes into a paper. All you need to do is put a colon after the sentence preceding the quote and begin the quote with a capital letter. This time the quote must be a complete sentence.

1. Ralph’s common sense is evident in the novel: “If a ship comes near the island they may not notice us. So we must make. . . a fire.”

2. Second hand smoke has been proven lethal: “Cases are now being documented where people whose parents smoked are getting lung cancer when they themselves have not smoked” (“Truth” 4).

3. Emerson believes passionately in individualism: “Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.”

Practice with a line from a movie.

O Arnold Schwarzenneger’s character in Terminator was a man of few words: “I’ll be back.”

O Ariel is constantly enamored with the realm of humans: “Wish I could be part of your world.”

C. CHEVY CHEVETTE (gets you there, but without much style)

Introduce or end the quote by identifying the speaker.1. Loyd says to Codi, “Too good to speak to

an Indian boy on the street?”2. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice

everywhere,” says Dr. King.3. According to Emerson, “In every work of

genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts.”

O Choose three of the analysis points in SOAPSTone for “…Phone,” locate text to support it, and write it in the Rolls Royce Version of embedding quotes.

Speaker for “…Phone”O Jenna Wortham is the kind of person

who is very attached to her phone at the beginning of the article. She tells us that her “hands ached for [her] phone” when she had to leave it behind.