Mastering Embedded Quotes

Explain how to integrate a quote effectively into a literary analysis essay.

• Provide a lengthy summary of the quote instead of analyzing it

• Just drop the quote without any introduction or analysis

• Use the quote without connecting it back to the main argument

• Introduce the quote, provide context, analyze its significance, and connect it back to the main argument.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Choose the correct example of a properly cited quote from The Scarlet Letter.

• Hester had "not known the weight" of the scarlet letter "until she felt the freedom" of not wearing it (226).

• "Be not silent from any mistaken pity and tenderness for him; for, believe me, Hester, though he were to step down from a high place, and stand there beside thee, on thy pedestal of shame, yet better were it so, than to hide a guilty heart through life." (72)

• Hester "had wandered, without rule or guidance, in a moral wilderness... but out of the midst of it there had emerged a handful of purer, brighter, tenderer experiences than the sunshine." (223).

• Dimmesdale wrestled with his guilt, holding tightly to the belief that "In Heaven's own time, a new truth would be revealed, in order to establish the whole relation between man and woman on a surer ground of mutual happiness."

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Choose the correct example of a properly integrated quote from The Scarlet Letter.

• Hester had "not known the weight" of the scarlet letter "until she felt the freedom" of not wearing it (226).

• Hester "had wandered, without rule or guidance, in a moral wilderness... but out of the midst of it there had emerged a handful of purer, brighter, tenderer experiences than the sunshine." (223).

• "Be not silent from any mistaken pity and tenderness for him; for, believe me, Hester, though he were to step down from a high place, and stand there beside thee, on thy pedestal of shame, yet better were it so, than to hide a guilty heart through life." (72)

• Dimmesdale wrestled with his guilt, holding tightly to the belief that "In Heaven's own time, a new truth would be revealed, in order to establish the whole relation between man and woman on a surer ground of mutual happiness."

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Evaluate the effectiveness of the quote - 'She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom'.

• The quote effectively portrays the theme of guilt and shame in The Scarlet Letter.

• The quote effectively portrays the theme of justice in The Scarlet Letter.

• The quote effectively portrays the theme of revenge in The Scarlet Letter.

• The quote effectively portrays the theme of redemption in The Scarlet Letter.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following passages would be the BEST text evidence for highlighting Dimmesdale's internal struggle?

• "Lonely as was Hester's situation, and without a friend on earth who dared to show himself, she, however, incurred no risk of want."

• "Be not silent from any mistaken pity and tenderness for him; for, believe me, Hester, though he were to step down from a high place, and stand there beside thee, on thy pedestal of shame, yet better were it so, than to hide a guilty heart through life."

• "But the former aspect of an intellectual and studious man, calm and quiet, which was what she best remembered in him, had altogether vanished, and been succeeded by an eager, searching, almost fierce, yet carefully guarded look."

• "A writhing horror twisted itself across his features, like a snake gliding swiftly over them..."

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Explain the difference between a direct quote and a paraphrase.

• Direct quotes add new information, while paraphrases remove information.

• Direct quotes preserve the original wording, while paraphrases restate the information in your own words.

• Direct quotes are used for opinions, while paraphrases are used for facts.

• Direct quotes are longer than paraphrases, while paraphrases are shorter.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Choose one of the following passages and write a body paragraph integrating the quote correctly.
1. "She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom."

2. 2. "Lonely as was Hester's situation, and without a friend on earth who dared to show himself, she, however, incurred no risk of want.".

3. 3. "What can thy silence do for him, except it tempt him—yea, compel him, as it were—to add hypocrisy to sin?"

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3