Since we are working on Project 1 this week, let us look at how to best integrate quotes (material from our sources) into our own writing. This may be difficult or clunky at first, but the more you practice, the smoother and easier this process will become. Quotes are one of options we have to provide information in our formal writing.
Incorporating Quotes in Research 3-1.pdf
Here is also a video that may help you while your integrating quotes in your own writing.
Incorporating quotes into your essay is very important when you try to prove to your reader that you are right (that your thesis and points are true). To do this well, we want to make sure our quotes are inserted clearly and fully. To help you with that, please review the information below. I give you very specific steps to follow when introducing and using quotes, and I will ask you to use these steps with all of our essays, so pay attention!
STEP 1: Select one passage from Gladwell’s “Small Change” and write/type it, word for word, no mistakes, every word exactly as it appears in the text.
STEP 2: Using the five steps above, pretend this is your first time using this passage in your essay, and write a sentence in which you introduce him as a source. Please include: his name, his credibility, the article title and the purpose of the text.
STEP 3: Select one of the transition verbs above and write a sentence incorporating the direct quote using a comma to offset the quote and quotation marks around the quote.
STEP 4: Add a parenthetical citation. This is the page number on which the information appears, listed between parentheses after the citation. If you do not have a page number, do not include one. Also include the writer’s last name. Remember—only last name page number. NO commas, or any other marks: ( ).
STEP 5: Now, imagine that this is the second time you are using this same article in your essay. Write down below how you would introduce the same quote you wrote above as the second instance of Gladwell use.
For a complete, post either as a text entry or document (Word or PDF) to the submission link