Integrating Quotes

Which would be better in an essay?

• In Simone de Beavoir’s book The Coming of Age, on page 65 she states, “The decrepitude accompanying old age is in complete conflict with the manly or womanly ideal cherished by the young and fully grown.”

• In The Coming of Age, Simone de Beavoir contends that “the decrepitude accompanying old age is "in complete conflict with the manly or womanly ideal cherished by the young and fully grown" (65).

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Which would be better in an essay?

• Tania Modleski suggests that "if television is considered by some to be a vast wasteland, soap operas are thought to be the least nourishing spot in the desert" (123).

• In her critique of soap operas, Tania Modleski argues that some view television as "a vast wasteland" and soap operas as "the least nourishing spot in the desert" (123).

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Which is correct?

• Pearl, who is Hawthorne's symbol of truth, reaches a proportionately happy conclusion, becoming "the richest heiress of her day, in the New World" (243).

• Pearl reaches a proportionately happy conclusion, becoming "the richest heiress of her day, in the New World" (243).

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Which is correct?

• “One finds violence, hostility and aggression everywhere, including TV, the movies, and in many of our everyday social relations” (40).

• “One finds violence, hostility and aggression everywhere, including TV, the movies, and in many of our everyday social relations” (Zigler 40).

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Reasons to integrate sources (check all that apply)

• Let readers know where to find information on your topic.

• Establish your ethos as a good, reliable scholar/researcher.

• Bolstering your point with the credibility of reliable sources by using others' opinions, theories, and/or personal explanations and presenting facts that are open to debate.

• Presenting hard data and facts (i.e. stats, charts, etc.)

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Reasons for using direct quotes (check all that apply)

• The source author has made a point so clearly and concisely that it can't be expressed more clearly and concisely.

• A certain phrase or sentence in the source is particularly vivid or striking, or especially typical or representative of some phenomenon you are discussing.

• Because Prof. K likes to see quotes in an essay

• A claim you are making is such that the doubting reader will want to hear exactly what the source said.

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This is week 3 of Module 4, after studying this for 3 weeks, what do you think makes a good essay? And what will you include in your essay next week to make sure it's a good essay?

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