Citing Evidence in Your Writing

Why is it important to insert quotes into our writing?

• So that your writing can look fancy.

• To provide evidence to support your thinking.

• Because you get to copy from a source.

• They are actually not needed.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

After giving evidence to support your ideas, you should...

• cite another piece of evidence.

• move on to your next ideas.

• explain how the evidence supports your idea.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which of the following is an embedded quote?

• “I Am the Negro bearing slavery’s scars” (Hughes 39).

• The speaker in the poem experiences that America was harsh, and it was not as it seems when he says, “I Am the Negro bearing slavery’s scars” (Hughes 39).

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following quotes is written correctly in MLA format?

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

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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).

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What form of punctuation should you use if you need to take words out of a quote?

• Ellipsis (. . .) to replace deleted words

• You should never take words out of a quote.

• Put deleted words in italics

• Use a footnote

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the purpose of the introduce/lead section?

• to tell who said the quoted words

• to introduce the author

• to provide context for the evidence

• to set the mood for the sentence

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Failing to cite sources, passing off another's work as your own, and allowing your work to be copied without credit to you are forms of ______.

• paraphrasing

• citing

• plagiarizing

• quoting

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

What is the most important step after you use a quote to support your claim?

• Explain and analyze the quote.

• Leave the quote. It speaks for itself.

• Erase it. Good paragraphs don't need quotes.

• Use another quote directly after it.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

When including a direct quote in your own sentence, it may be necessary to cut pieces off of the beginning or ending of the quote to make the overall sentence work.

• true

• false

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9