Quote Integration Practice

The introductory phrase...

• signals to a reader that you are presenting another author's ideas.

• should never be used after a quote.

• is the least common way to signal another author's ideas.

• should only be used in specific cases.

When a piece of work is credited to someone, we say that the work is ____ to that person.

• a tribute

• an attribution

• a quotation

• plagiarized

Use an introductory or explanatory phrase, but not a complete sentence, separated from the quotation with a comma.

• true

• false

Make the quotation a part of your own sentence without any punctuation between your own words and the words you are quoting. (This often includes "that" before the quote.)

• true

• false

If you use a complete sentence to introduce a quotation, use a period after the sentence.

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• false

When you integrate a quotation into your own words (for example, a phrase or short quote), you do not need special punctuation.

• true

• false

You should never use part of a quote. Always use the full sentence when quoting.

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• false

The authors indicated that, "educators should control their students" (Johnson et al., 2010).

• Correct

• Insert colon instead of comma

• Remove comma before quote

• Insert period before quote 

Thoreau ends his essay with a metaphor. "Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in."

• Correct

• Insert a colon instead of the period 

• Insert a comma instead of the period 

• Insert the word "that" instead of the period 

After June's humiliating piano recital, Waverly adds insult to injury by declaring, "You aren't a genius like me" (Tan 151).  

• Correct

• Insert a period instead of the comma before the quote

• Insert a colon instead of the period before the quote

• Remove the comma before the quote