integrating quotes Flashcards
Pass the mic to your guests
Your pieces of evidence are guest speakers that support your essays claims/thesis
To be a great host you must introduce your guest speakers by “passing the microphone”
To be a great writer and avoid plagiarism you must properly integrate your evidence to show your readers where your words end and your quotes begin
If you don’t integrate evidence
It will be awkward and won’t flow so introduce your speakers
Things will get confusing, reader won’t have clear signals where your words end and speakers words begin
Might accidentally plagiarize
3 ways to integrate evidence
Intro, “quote”
Blended
Colon:
Intro, “quote”
Use if you need to quote a full sentence
Do not use the text states… or the author states…
Use according to Smith, or Smith claims
Patterns
Author + verb + comma + parentheses
Smith explains, smith comments, smith writes, smith discusses, smith demonstrates
Blended
Your words + quotes + your words
Use this method if you only need to quote a phrase or a few words from your source
Naturally weave the source into your own sentence, but don’t forget the quotation marks
Colon
Complete sentence: “quote”
Introduce quote with a complete sentence that serves to present the information that followers in the quote
Condensing quotes
3 sentences or less
Only quote what you need
Quote the strongest most relevant parts of evidence that directly support your thesis
Using ellipses
If you want to omit a section of the quote- but not alter the meaning- you may use an ellipsis …
Paraphrasing
Taking your source and putting in all your own words, not just changing a few words.
Rule of thumb
Always have a purpose
If you can say it better put it in your own words by paraphrasing or summarizing If the quote is very specific, statistical and technical descriptive or illustrative and you can’t put it in you own words directly quote it
