Integrating and Blending Quotations

These can be used to introduce a quotation after an introductory sentence or phrase. 

• semi-colons
• colons
• commas
• brackets

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Use these when you want to leave out any words in a quotation. 

• Quotation marks 
• Ellipses
• Brackets
• Parentheses

He describes the bird as "cheerily chirping in the early day" (Owen 6).

• The period should go inside the quotation mark. 
• The "C" in "cheerily" should be capitalized.
• There should be a comma between Owen and "6" in the parentheses. 
• No change the sentence is correct.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In this poem, Auden poses a question to the reader: "Will Time say nothing but I told you so?" (18). 
Is the question mark inside the quote correct?

• It's wrong, and needs to be at the end.
• It's wrong there is double punctuation. 
• It's right, the question mark is part of the original quote. 
• It's right, the question mark is part of the writer's thought not the author's. 

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2

If you are only discussing one work throught an essay you don't have to write the author after each and every quotation. 

• True
• False 

When you alter, change or add anything within the quotation you must include these alterations within....

• Brackets
• Parentheses
• Commas
• Colons

According to McKenzie, "The failures of the previous administration are too many to count" (34).

• There should not be a comma after McKenzie. 
• The "T" in the the should be lowercase. 
• The period belongs inside the quotation marks. 
• The authors name is missing from the parentheses. 

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Any words which are not your own should be enclosed within these

• Quotation Marks 
• Commas
• Brackets
• Parentheses

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Why is it important to insert citations/quotes into our writing?

• So that your writing can look fancy.
• They are so important to supporting and providing evidence for your conclusions or opinions.
• They are great because you just get to copy from a source.
• They actually are not even needed.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.1B

CCSS.W.9-10.9

When a quote is inserted on its own, without an introductory phrase, it is called....

• a blended quote
• a hanging quote