Quotation Integration

The MLA 8 Header on the first page of your essay should include which of the following items

• Your Name

• Mr. Campise's Name

• English I

• The Date

• All of the Above

You should put the title of any novel or memoir, including The Glass Castle, in ______________.

• quotation marks

• italics

• bold

• italics AND quotation marks

When writing an essay you should always:

• single space the lines.

• double space the lines

• write using as many words as possible to earn an A

• ask a friend what they are writing about to get ideas.

Which of the following should NOT be included in the claim for your analytical paragraph?

• The author's full name

• The name of the novel

• The argument you plan to prove (thematic message)

• A Quote

It is okay to drop a quote into a paragraph without any of your own words before it?

• True

• False

Which of the following is the correct way to cite a quote:

• Jeannette says, "I was on fire" (Walls 9)

• Jeannette says, "I was on fire" (The Glass Castle 9).

• Jeannette says, "I was on fire." (Walls 9).

• Jeannette says, "I was on fire" (Walls 9).

Which of the following integrates the quote correctly:

• Later in the novel, Candy converses with Crooks after awkwardly finding his way into Crooks’ stable home.

  "You got a nice little cozy place in here" (Steinbeck 75).

• The text states, “‘You got a nice little cozy place in here" (Steinbeck 75).

• Later in the novel, Candy converses with Crooks after awkwardly finding his way into Crooks’ stable home.

  Trying to make small talk with Crooks, Candy remarks, "You got a nice little cozy place in here" (Steinbeck 75).

Which of the following integrates the quote correctly:

• Jeannette's mom neglects her children’s needs, as she believed it was a good way to make them tough. Because of that, Jeannette notes how Rose Mary always “ignored us kids when we cried” (Walls 28).

• Jeannette's mom neglects her children’s needs, as she believed it was a good way to make them tough. “She ignored us kids when we cried” (Walls 28).

• Jeannette's mom neglects her children’s needs. The book says she “ignored us kids when we cried” (Walls 28).

Which of the following quotes is integrated and punctuated correctly:

• When the Walls family is traveling to the Mojave desert, Jeannette's mother spots an old, battered tree. “It was an ancient Joshua tree....it had been so beaten down by the whipping wind that, rather than trying to grow skyward, it had grown in the direction that the wind pushed it” (Walls 35).

• When the Walls family is traveling to the Mojave desert, Jeannette's mother spots an old, battered tree. At this point in the story, Walls narrates, “It was an ancient Joshua tree....it had been so beaten down by the whipping wind that, rather than trying to grow skyward, it had grown in the direction that the wind pushed it” (Walls 35).

• When the Walls family is traveling to the Mojave desert, Jeannette's mother spots an old, battered tree. The book says, “It was an ancient Joshua tree....it had been so beaten down by the whipping wind that, rather than trying to grow skyward, it had grown in the direction that the wind pushed it” (Walls 35).

True or False: After using a quote, it is okay to explain ideas that are not actually in the quote.

• True

• False