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    The document provides guidelines for using quotes correctly in writing. It states that quotes should be relevant and support points in the text. Quotes need to be framed with an introduction to make their meaning clear and explain why they are important. Templates are given for introducing quotes, and quotes should be cited with page numbers. A quote is provided as an example of how to introduce, frame, and cite a quote correctly.

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    This handout details the proper way to cite works from others in an academic paper.

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    The Art of Quoting [c/o Hancock High School webpage]

    Quoting someone elses words gives a tremendous amount of credibility to your summary and
    helps ensure that it is fair and accurate (Birkenstein & Graff).
    Use quotes correctly in your writing by using the following guidelines:
    1. Quote Relevant Passages

    How will they support your text at the particular point where you plan to insert
    them?
    They must be relevant to your work.

    2. Frame Every Quotation

    Make the quotes relevance and meaning clear to your readers by framing them
    with an explanation.
    Introduce the quotation and explain why it is worth quoting.
    Introduction: Explain who is speaking and
    what the quotation says.
    Quotation: . (citation).
    Explanation: Explain why you consider the
    quotation to be important and what you take it
    to say.

    Templates for Introducing Quotations:


    X states, _________.
    According to X, ___________.
    In her/his book, ____________, X maintains that ____________.
    X complicates matters further when she writes, ___________.
    Templates for Explaining Quotations:
    Basically, X is saying _______________.
    In other words, X believes _______________.
    In making this comment, X argues that ________________.
    X is insisting that ________________.
    Xs point is that ______________.
    The essence of Xs argument is that _________________.

    Example:
    The feminist philosopher Susan Bordo disapproves of the hold that the Western obsession
    with dieting has on women. Her basic argument is that increasing numbers of women across the
    globe are being led to see themselves as fat and in need of a diet. Citing the island of Fiji as a
    case in point, Bordo notes that until television was introduced in 1995, the islands had not
    reported cases of eating disorders. In 1998, three years after programs from the United States and
    Britain began broadcasting there, 62 percent of the girls surveyed reported dieting (149-50).
    Bordos point is that the Wests obsession with dieting is spreading even to remote places across
    the globe. UItimately, Bordo complains, the culture of dieting will find you, regardless of where you
    live.
    3. Cite the Source

    Page numbers should be included in parenthesis in between the quotation mark


    and period.
    Example: insert quotation here (132-35).

    Authors last name should be included if there are multiple sources.


    Example: insert quotation here (Bordo 132-35).
    insert quotation here (Bordo and Cruz 132-35).

    from Birkenstein, C. & Graff, G. (2007). They say/ I say: Moves that matter in persuasive
    writing. W. W. Norton and Company.

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