Integrating Quotes into the Research Paper

Mark all that apply. What are the bare minimum things you need to include when you're using quotes from a source?

• The author/speaker's name

• A description of the author's credentials

• A punctuation mark

• An introductory phrase

• Quotation marks around your direct quotes

True or false: It's okay to edit quotes by adding or removing words without doing anything to indicate that you changed the quote.

• True

• False

Mark all that apply. A colon quote must include..

• A complete sentence before the quote

• An introductory phrase

• A comma

• A colon

A direct citation is..

• when you rewrite the author's words in your own words

• when you cite word for word from a source

A blended quote..

• must have punctuation after the introductory phrase

• uses the phrase "Author's Name says" before the quote

• mixes your words with the author's words into a new, grammatically correct sentence

If you don't write the author/speaker's name in the introductory phrase, what do you do?

• Leave it out

• Write in in a new sentence after your quote

• Add it to the end of the quote using parenthesis

• Add it to the end of the sentence using parenthesis

The only quotation type that doesn't require punctuation before the quote is..

• a comma quote

• a blended quote

• a colon quote

Mark all that apply. An introductory phrase is used to..

• introduce the author/speaker you're quoting from

• set up the context of why you're using the quote

Does this work as a blended quote: Bradbury describes the T-Rex as having "skin like the mail of a terrible warrior" while its hands could "pick up and examine men like toys."

• Yes, it works

• No, it doesn't work

What is a citation?

• a written sentence

• where the info is from

• a quotation

• using someone else's work as your own