Embedding Quotes - Mini Lesson

Embedding Quotes - Mini Lesson

By David, Dhriti, Aria, and Jack

Embedding Your Quotes

​To embed means to incorporate into something else.

- Embedding textual evidence = incorporating parts of a quote instead of using the whole thing.

- Using a small number of powerful words is more effective than using ​a large number of insignificant words.

- Quality > Quantity​

Multiple Choice

What is more important when embedding quotes?

• Quantity

• Quality

Page numbers should be included if the source's pages are numbered.

If they aren't, only cite the author's last name.

If the source's author is unknown, cite the first word of source's title, ex: (Correlation 7).​

You must credit the source you're quoting. The citation occurs at the end of the sentence in which the quotation is used. The period appears after the citation.

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"This is a quote," is something Lebron James said (James 7).​

​Parenthetical Citation

Embedding Your Quotes

Multiple Choice

Which is the correct way to format a parenthetical citation?

• (6 Bradbury)

• (Bradbury 1)

• (Fahrenheit, Bradbury, 39)

• (39)

James states that "air pollution is the leading cause of dementia in the United States, accounting for nearly 76% of all cases."

​Bad Example

In the article, James explicitly states that air pollution is the "leading cause" of dementia in the United States for "nearly 76%" of all recorded cases (James 7).

​Good Example

How to Embed Quotes

​Correlation Between Air Pollution and Dementia, Lebron James 2012.

"Air pollution is leading cause of Dementia in the United States of America, accounting for nearly 76% of all cases since 1932"​

Multiple Choice

Which sentence correctly embeds the quotation?

• The passage states that: “his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor.” (Bradbury 1) 

• Up until he met Clarisse, Montag loved his job. His passion for his work made him feel like he had, “the hands of some amazing conductor,” (Bradbury 1) of a symphony.

• Up until he met Clarisse, Montag loved his job. His passion for his work made him feel like he had “the hands of some amazing conductor” of a symphony (Bradbury 1) .

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