Quotation

Student Support Services Suggested Ways to Introduce Quotations When you quote another writer's words, it's best to introduce or contextualize the quote. Don't forget to include author's last name and page number (MLA) or author, date, and page number (APA) in your citation. Shown below are some possible ways to introduce quotations. The examples use MLA format. You can use a full sentence followed by a colon to introduce a quotation. Examples: The setting emphasizes deception: "Nothing is as…

Booth Quotation: “The truth is that to make students assume a controversial pose before they have any genuine substance to be controversial about is to encourage dishonesty and slovenliness, and to ensure our own boredom” (p. 23). Booth Paraphrase: According to Booth (2017), we guarantee our own boredom when we make students adopt a controversial stance before they have any true feelings on the issue itself, and in doing so, we encourage sloppiness and dishonesty (p. 23). Klass Quotation “Some…

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Evidence (quotation or detail and context) Commentary "Quotation: "It may not sound like much, but for me, it was a freedom I had rarely known"(Albom 42). Context: The Blue Man is explaining to Eddie why Ruby Pier is his Heaven and not Eddie's." The Blue Man explains to Eddie that everyone's Heaven is a different place. Heaven is whatever place made someone the happiest in their life. For the Blue Man, even though people were scared of him, Heaven is Ruby Pier because it gave him a place where…

Within Congar’s Meaning of Tradition, the role the Magisterium has in church tradition goes beyond simply making decisions about scripture. According to Congar the Magisterium is a pivotal part of Church tradition because they abide by the apostolic nature of church tradition. Although scripture is not necessary for tradition, passing down scripture and tradition like the church fathers is necessary to maintaining church tradition. The Catechism outlines the duties of the Magisterium, which is…

Stephanie Malinowski manipulates Thomas L. Friendman's "30 Little Turtles" in her strong response, Questioning Thomas L. Friedman's Optimism in "30 Little Turtles." Malinowski pulls quotations out of Friendman's work in order to portray how it impacted his writting positively or negatively. The quotes used by Malinowski are compelling, in the sense that it futhers the readers understanding and questions the author, Friendman's. For example, in Friendman's work he goes on to say that an Indian…

speaker's initial feelings towards poetry was distasteful. Mrs. Moore, starts off her poem with "I, too, dislike it" (Line 1) after this reading this section of the poem, you may assume she dislikes poetry, but, if you continue to read the rest of the quotation she carries on to say "there are things that are important beyond this fiddle". (Line 1). It's clear to see her first reaction to poetry has changed from disliking to all poetry, to her understanding the true meaning behind the poetry.…

small town and people were taken by soldiers Key quotation: “It belonged to everyone since it no longer belonged to anyone” Questions/Reflections: What is a Yellow Star? Why were Jews told to wear them? Why did the storyteller and his family get to stay and everyone else was taken? Chapter 2 Summary: The story teller and his family were taken into a train with the rest of the people and were brought to the first camp that they stay at. Key quotation: Questions/Reflections: Why was she yelling…

A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm. This quotation is said by Hamlet when he is speaking to Claudius about where Polonius’ body has been discarded. Preceding this scene, Hamlet frightened his mother, which caused her to believe that she was going to be murdered. Hamlet heard a cry for help behind a tapestry that he believed to be from Claudius, so he stabbed his sword through the material and killed the body on the other side.…

speaker remembers the traveler, which is outside of the quotation marks. The rest of the poem is the story that was told. It is also interesting that the part in lines 10-11, where the traveler quotes the words from the statue, is not also bound by quotation marks. Even though the traveler infers that he is quoting exactly what was written on the base, the author does not place quotation marks around the words. However, the absence of quotations in this location actually helps the entire…