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Station A:
Integrating Quotes in a
Seamless Manner
How To Integrate Quotations
When you are using brief quotations, you
must integrate them-work them seamlessly into your sentences
and
show their relevance to your ideas.
Not Integrated
(aka a “naked quote”)
After Alexander Hamilton shared his
plan, Thomas Jefferson disagrees. “The
government should not be that involved
with the economy.”
Integrated
After Alexander Hamilton shared his
plan, Thomas Jefferson disagrees by
declaring that, “The government should
not be that involved with the economy.”
Methods For Integrating Quotes in a
Seamless Manner
Option 1: To avoid naked quotes, use signal phrases (see Word
Wall for examples). These are phrases which precede the
quotation. They may include the author’s name and a verb.
Example:
signal phrase
Thomas Jefferson believes that, “The government should not be
that involved with the economy.”
Methods For Integrating Quotes in a
Seamless Manner
Option 2: Place a quotation (a fragment) in the middle of your
own sentence.
Example:
Thomas Jefferson hoped that the government would “adopt a
laissez-faire approach” to the economy.
Methods For Inserting Brief Quotations
Option 3: Place more than one quotation (fragment) in your
sentence.
Example:
Thomas Jefferson hoped that the government would not only
“adopt a laissez-faire approach,” but also leave “economic
decision to the states.”
"I didn't see an actual plan,” Washington said, "but I sure wish I
had."
What about PUNCUATION?
RULE #1: If quotation is a complete sentence, there needs to be
a comma before the quote, and the quote needs to start with a
capital letter.
comma
capital letter
Example:
Thomas Jefferson believes that, “The government should not be
that involved with the economy.”
What about PUNCUATION?
RULE #2: If quotation is not a complete sentence (a fragment),
there does not need to be a comma before the quote, and the
quote does not need to start with a capital letter.
Example:
Thomas Jefferson hoped that the government would “adopt a
laissez-faire approach” to the economy.
What about PUNCUATION?
Use brackets ([ ]) and ellipses (. . .) to change verbs or other parts
of the original quote when necessary so it fits into your sentence.
Example using brackets:
Original direct quote: “I do not want my wife to worry.” (Solomon
Northup, 12 Years a Slave)
Your sentence using this quote: Solomon did not “want [his] wife
to worry.”
The word “my” would not work
here because then it would sound
like you are talking about your wife
and not Solomon’s.
What about PUNCUATION?
Example using ellipses and brackets:
Original direct quote: “Now had I approached within the shadow
of the cloud, into thick darkness whereof I was soon to disappear,
thenceforward to be hidden from the eyes of all my kindred and
shut out from the sweet light of liberty, for many a weary year.”
(Solomon Northup, 12 Years a Slave)
Your sentence using this quote: Kidnapped and sold into slavery,
Solomon was now “hidden from the eyes of all [his] kindred…for
many a weary year.”
Now it’s your turn to practice!!!