1. Direct QuotesSupporting your arguments with the ideas of
others.
2. Directions As I give this presentation, take notes on the
handout provided.
3. Why is this necessary? To reinforce your ideas Back up
information in an argument with expert information According to the
Surgeon General, To confirm arguments (eg. Texting while driving is
dangerous.) Statistics from a reputable source make your argument
stronger To demonstrate how well informed you are Look at all the
research Ive done To give authority to your voice
4. The Rules It is important to move smoothly from your words
to the quoted information The source and speaker of the quote
should be clearly indicated, or the reader will be confused The
quoted information should support your ideas, not overwhelm them
Cite your sources! Indicate where you found this information 80/20
rule 80% of the paper is written in your words No more than 20% is
direct quotes
5. Beyond ParenthesesTips to take your writing to the next
level.
6. Why is this confusing? The men in Stephen Cranes short
story, "The Open Boat," are courageous; they want to live. "The
idealistic virtues of bravery, fortitude, and integrity possess no
meaning in a universe that denies the importance of man" (Stein
151). The ideals of their native environment, then, mean little
when confronted with the harshness of the open ocean. These men
finally realize that it is possible they will die.
7. How is this more clear? The men in Stephen Cranes short
story, "The Open Boat," are courageous; they want to live. As
critic William Bysshe Stein points out, however, "the idealistic
virtues of bravery, fortitude, and integrity possess no meaning in
a universe that denies the importance of man" (151). The ideals of
their native environment, then, mean little when confronted with
the harshness of the open ocean. These men finally realize that it
is possible they will die.
8. Mix it up! Jane Doe states, According to Jane Doe, As Jane
Doe goes on to explain, Characterized by Jane Doe, the society is
As one critic points out, (Doe). Jane Doe believes that Jane Doe
claims that In the words of Jane Doe,
9. Quotes within quotes Example: According to Tom Smith who
said, It is a great thing when children cry, I want my mommy!
Single quotation marks around the internal quotation. Double about
the outer. You may have three together at the end.
10. Book example In Mariane Pearls autobiographical story, A
Mighty Heart, she works to understand and explain the violence that
has been directed against her husband, Wall Street Journal
reporter, Daniel Pearl. She writes, [Journalists] believe we can
change the world by changing the way people think about one
another. We can create links, frail as they may be, between people.
Thus, for those who promote hatred, we are the most hateable of all
(124).
11. Another book example In Slavenka Drakulics novel, S.,
Bosnian women are taken captive and held in a prison camp where
they were repeatedly raped by Serbian soldiers. The main character,
S., describes how she loses track of herself. Drakulic explains,
One evening, while there is still daylight in the warehouse, she
takes her things out of her backpack. She has to exist she still
exists as a person, if only through her belongings (45). To her
captors, S. is not an individual, shes just another war trophy,
something to defile and throw away. Drakulic further reinforces
this idea throughout the novel by assigning the women initials as
names. The reader never learns S.s name, a reminder that while in
the book she is no one, in reality she represents
12. Your turn Read Charles Blows opinion piece, The Gun Frenzy.
Write a brief response to his piece in which you include a direct
quote from his piece. You may use the direct quote to do the
following: Support a point you are making about gun control OR Use
the direct quote as a starting point for your argument in favor of
gun ownership. Either way, be sure to explain how the quote
supports your argument.
13. Peer review Trade papers with the person next to you Has
the writer Incorporated the direct quote smoothly? Is the quote
incorporated in the writers own sentence? Identified the source of
the direct quote? According to Explained the significance of the
quoted material? Does the quote clearly support a point the author
makes because he or she has explained it? Put your name at the top
of the paper only after all of the above is correct.
14. Works Cited "How Do You Type a Quote within a Quote?"
Yahoo! Answers. Yahoo!, 2006. Web. 29 Nov. 2012. . Pearl, Mariane,
and Sarah Crichton. A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My
Husband, Danny Pearl. New York: Scribner, 2003. Print. Drakuli,
Slavenka, and Marko Ivi. S.: A Novel about the Balkans. New York:
Viking, 2000. Print. "Writers Web: Effectively Incorporating
Quotations." Writers Web: Effectively Incorporating Quotations.
University of Richmond, 2010. Web. 29 Nov. 2012. .