Strategies for Inserting Evidence-- Review

Strategies for Inserting Evidence-- Review

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Multiple Choice

Which in-text citation is formatted correctly?

• "Darwin pointed out that nature would have to stop overpopulation" (Kurlansky pp 55).

• "Darwin pointed out that nature would have to stop overpopulation (Kurlansky 55)."

• "Darwin pointed out that nature would have to stop overpopulation." (Kurlansky 55)

• "Darwin pointed out that nature would have to stop overpopulation" (Kurlansky 55).

Multiple Choice

Once they encounter the T-Rex, Eckels regrets going on the safari: "We were fools to come. This is impossible" (Bradbury 6)

• Correct

• Incorrect

Multiple Choice

At the end of the story, Eckels doesn't want to accept the consequences of his mistake in stepping off the path, "Killing one butterfly couldn't be that important! Could it?" (Bradbury 9).

• Correct

• Incorrect

Multiple Choice

When warning Eckels about the rules of the trip, Travis declares, "The stomp of your foot, on one mouse, could start an earthquake" (Bradbury 3).

• Correct

• Incorrect

Multiple Choice

Bradbury writes "If Deutscher had gotten in, we'd have the worst kind of dictatorship." (1).

• Correct

• Incorrect

Multiple Select

Mark all that apply. What are the bare minimum things you need to include when you're using quotes from a source?

• The author/speaker's name

• A description of the author's credentials

• A punctuation mark

• An introductory phrase

• Quotation marks around your direct quotes

Multiple Choice

Which quote is embedded correctly?

• After killing the man, O’Flaherty describes how the sniper “became bitten by remorse” (11).

• After killing the man, O’Flaherty describes the sniper. “He became bitten by remorse” (11).

Multiple Choice

Original Quote: "I don't bother suggesting Prim learn how to hunt. I tried to teach her a couple times and it was disastrous."

Which is the best way to embed this quote with proper MLA citation?

• Katniss explains how different she is from Prim: "I don't bother suggesting Prim learn how to hunt. I tried to teach her a couple times and it was disastrous" (Collins 48).

• Katniss explains to the reader how different she and Prim are. "I don't bother suggesting Prim learn how to hunt. I tried to teach her a couple times and it was disastrous" (Collins 48).

• Katniss explains: "I don't bother suggesting Prim learn how to hunt. I tried to teach her a couple times and it was disastrous." (48).

• Katniss says: "I don't bother suggesting Prim learn how to hunt. I tried to teach her a couple times and it was disastrous." (Katniss 48).

Multiple Select

Which of the following are WEAK VERBS that should not be used to embed quotations? SELECT THREE.

• emphasizes

• says

• claims

• states

• tells

Multiple Select

Which of the following are STRONG VERBS that can be used to embed quotations? SELECT THREE.

• emphasizes

• argues

• claims

• states

• tells

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the BEST EXAMPLE of a properly embedded quote?

• People spend more when they use a credit card, "[cash] no longer becomes a tangible item" (Lombardo 11).

• In the article, it states, "It no longer becomes a tangible item" (Lombardo 11).

• Lombardo says, "it no longer becomes a tangible item" (Lombardo 11).

• Lombardo argues people spend more when they use a credit card because cash "no longer becomes a tangible item" (11).

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the BEST EXAMPLE of a properly embedded quote?

• It would "give governments unprecedented access to information" (Winkler 5).

• The article states, "give governments unprecedented access to information" (Winkler 5).

• In the article "Just How Close Are We to a Cashless Society," "give governments unprecedented access to information" (Winkler 5).

• In the article "Just How Close Are We to a Cashless Society," Winkler explains that giving up cash would mean that governments would have "unprecedented access to information" (5).

Multiple Choice

Which of the following embedded quotes has the strongest introduction?

• For some Americans, achieving and maintaining their American Dream is easy, but for others “that comfortable and content lifestyle is harder to achieve and maintain” (Wallechinsky 60).

• In America “that comfortable and content lifestyle is harder to achieve and maintain” (Wallechinsky 60).

Multiple Choice

Which of the following embedded quotes has the strongest introduction?

• The American dream is believed to be “a dream of getting ahead painted in strokes of gold wherever we look” (Zinsser 93).

• Zinsser explains it's “a dream of getting ahead painted in strokes of gold wherever we look” (93).

Multiple Choice

Which of the following quotes is written in MLA format?

• Some Americans believe that “Americans are struggling-squeezed by rising costs, declining wages, credit-card debt and diminished benefits.” (David page# 60).

• Some Americans believe that “Americans are struggling-squeezed by rising costs, declining wages, credit-card debt and diminished benefits” (Wallechinsky 60).

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an embedded quote?

• Hughes shows how Americans have to maintain hope that people will be treated fair and that “equality [should be] in the air we breathe” (38).

• “Equality [should be] in the air we breathe” (Hughes 38).

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of a correctly punctuated and contextualized embedded quote?

• William Golding’s book Lord of the Flies is about kids stranded on an island. Some of the kids are good and some bad. “Roger, with a sense of delirious abandonment, leaned all his weight on the lever” (Golding 180).

• Since the dog was old and sick, Candy began to think about what to do with the dog: “I ought to have shot that dog myself,” laments Candy (Steinbeck27).

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Correct the mistakes in this attempt to insert evidence

William Golding’s book Lord of the Flies is about kids stranded on an island. Some of the kids are good and some bad. “Roger, with a sense of delirious abandonment, leaned all his weight on the lever” (Golding 180).

Signal Phrases 

• Use signal phrases to introduce your quote 

• In the passage the author refutes...

• In To Kill a Mockingbird Lee asserts...

Parenthetical Citations 

• Use parenthesis at the end of the cited text

• Identify the source document by author AND page number OR title AND page number if no author is known

• (Cable 10).

• (Cable line 10).

• (Cable par. 10).

Direct Quotes

• Direct quotes are exactly as written (typically a complete sentence) and use quotation marks to mark the beginning and end of the quote 

• Direct quotes have a comma after the lead in

• First word of a direct quote is capitalized

Flow Quotes 

• Watch for the words “because,” “that,” “if, ” or “to.” They will often indicate a flow quote.

• Example: The teacher told me to “take care of my laptop.”

• Flow Quotes do NOT have a comma and do NOT capitalize the first word of quoted material

Flow Quotes 

• In a flow quote, often what is being quoted is only a part of what the person said.

• Example: The teacher told the principal that I am “always talking” when I’m not.

Flow Quotes 

• Flow quotes are different from comma quotes because they naturally blend (or “flow”) into the text around them.

• Example: Matt said that “all Pit Bulls are dangerous.”

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of a flow quote?

• After the cat ran away, Tiana was hopeful: “Do you think we will find him?”

• Jamari thinks that “we will beat you in that video game.”

• Ms. Yarrington said, "do their homework and pay attention and you'll be fine."

Multiple Choice

Which paragraph is written correctly to respond to this question: Why do people feel cell phones should be turned off during dinner?

• People feel cell phones should be turned off during dinner to give people more freedom. "Franchesca had an even happier result when she put away her phone" (Smith 6). This shows that turning cell phones off during meal times made people feel happy and less tied to a device.

• People feel cell phones should be turned off during dinner to give people more freedom. In the text it states, "Franchesca had an even happier result when she put away her phone." This shows that turning cell phones off during meal times made people feel happy and less tied to a device.

• People feel cell phones should be turned off during dinner to give people more freedom. In the text it states, "Franchesca had an even happier result when she put away her phone" (Smith 6).

• People feel cell phones should be turned off during dinner to give people more freedom. In the text it states, "Franchesca had an even happier result when she put away her phone" (Smith 6). This shows that turning cell phones off during meal times made people feel happy and less tied to a device.

Fill in the Blanks

Use the following information to correctly write & cite a direct quote:

Antsy's mom and dad fight about who is the better cook.

Author: Shusterman

Page: 106

Fill in the Blanks

Use the following information to correctly write and cite a flow quote:

Antsy thought of a whole bunch of punishments Old Man Crawley could have them do.

Author: Shusterman

Page number: 55