Quoting a Source Quiz

When writing a research paper or completing a research project you should:

• Quote as much as you want

• Quote infrequently--like once a page

• Quote moderately--like five times a page.

• Never quote.

You must always explain how a quote supports your argument, or why you disagree with the quote.

• True

• False

• It depends

• Why you asking me, brah?

You should avoid:

• Long quotes, more than 2-3 sentences

• Short quotes, two words or less

• Quotes about someone else's mother

• Words of famous people.

Which is an example of "Citation-comma-quotation?"

• Drake said, "Haters will broadcast your failures, but whisper your success."

• In a recent interview, Lil Wayne said: "I don't want to be understood because if people understand me, they get tired of me."

• "In a world where words mean so little I try to be selective about the ones I choose to say" - G Herbo

Which is an example of citation-colon-quotation:

• Lil Peep said it best: "Witchcraft, love chants. Whisper in my ear, put me in a trance."

• "Space tourism is for rich fools," stated Elon Musk.

• Nipsey Hussel said that “Most people want to skip the process, not knowing that when you skip steps, you miss lessons."

Which is an example of a "Direct Quotation Integrated"

• Floyd Mayweather said that "There is no blueprint on how to beat me."

• Muhammad Ali declared, "We can't be brave without fear."

• We must refer to the great Mike Tyson: "Everyone has a plan 'til they get punched in the mouth."

Which quote is correctly punctuated?

• According to King, "All the pretty horses run in the rain."

• According to King, "All the pretty horses run in the rain".

• According to "King, All the pretty horses run in the rain."

• "According to King", All the pretty horses run in the rain.

In any writing you're doing, the first time you refer to your source you should include the:

• Genre/title/author

• Year/date/adverb

• Author/zodiac sign/hastag

After the first reference, when discussing the author's opinion, you should refer to her/him by his/her:

• Last name

• First name

• Zodiac Sign

• Social Security Number

Which is a proper example of referring to an article using genre/title/author:

• In the essay "Time for Living," by Ralph Emerson ponders ducks and immortality.

• "Ozymandias" is a poem by Byron Shelley that shakes the foundations of imperial thought constructs.

• The author wrote in the thing that some stuff was bad.

• "Leaves of Grass," is more conservative than we think, when we think about Walt Whitman.