How to Quote a Quote

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How to Quote a Quote
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First, let me ask you this? Does this cake look
good to you?
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So, why did you say, No?

• You wouldnt eat the ingredients of a cake one-by
  one.
• All the ingredients must be blended together.

• Quoted material must be blended into the entire
  cake, as well.
• You must use punctuation to connect each quote to
  the idea it follows.

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NoodleTools

• After you have read and annotated your sources,
  youre ready to gather the quotes and\or
  paraphrases youll use as support.
• You must use NoodleTools to create the annotated
  Works Cited page before you create your
  notecards.
• I would suggest using this site for creating your
  notecards, your outline, and your actual essay.

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NoodleTools

• Create an account through the schools library
  page. Otherwise, you will have to pay.
• Its an easy system to use, with helpful tips
  provided along the way.

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Using Quotes

• Dont organize your essay by your sources.
• You should be able to blend details from several
  sources into each of your subtopic arguments.
• Remember you are Lady Gaga, and your sources
  are the backup singers.

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How would you add this support?

• We were like some family on a TV commercial, with
  names like Myrtle and Fred. I could just hear us
  striking up a conversation about air fresheners.
• The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver

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All quotes must connect to your own text. You
might connect in the following way

• Taylor begins to experience some frustration
  when she thinks that Lou Ann is trying to force
  her to play a traditional domestic role We
  were like some family on a TV commercial, with
  names like Myrtle and Fred. I could just hear us
  striking up a conversation about air fresheners
  (88).
• Please notice the placement of the punctuation
  and page number.
• Notice also the connection punctuation. What
  has been used?
• Notice also the use of PRESENT TENSE.

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How would you add this support?

• I walk down the hall, past the laundry room, and
  into the family room. I close the door behind
  me, muffling the rumbling of the small shoes in
  the dryer.
• Where were you? my mother says.
• In the bathroom, I say.
• Hmph, she says.
• A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Dave
  Eggers

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How to Add It All

• Your support might look like this
• The novel begins with muffled sound and with
  what appears to be a typical uncommunicative
  conversation between a parent and child
• I walk down the hall, past the laundry
  room, and into the family
• room. I close the door behind
  me, muffling the rumbling of the small shoes
  in the dryer.
• Where were you? my mother
  says.
• In the bathroom, I
  say.
• Hmph, she says. (1)
• If you have a longer quote, or one with dialogue
  layers, indent 10 spaces and keep the punctuation
  the same as it appears in the actual work itself.
  Notice the colon, however.

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Notice how this rule changes when you decide to
use less of the text.

• The novel begins with muffled sound and with
  what appears to be a typical uncommunicative
  conversation between a parent and child I
  close the door behind me, muffling the rumbling
  of the small shoes in the dryer. Where were
  you? my mother says (1).

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Its best to blend your quotes into your own
sentences. Make sure to add commentary.

• The novel begins as the narrator notices the
  rumbling of the small shoes in the dryer and
  with what appears to be a typical uncommunicative
  conversation between a parent and child (1).
  Nobody in this family gets along, and its no
  wonder everyone appears to be a little crazy. The
  author gives dysfunction a new spin.

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What You Need to Know

• Essentially, you will need to know just these few
  rules in order to use support quotes from any
  text.
• Remember, though, that quoted material is to be
  used as SUPPORT ONLY. Do not present the quoted
  material first and then explain it.
• Do not begin or end a paragraph with a quote.
  Always add original commentary.

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Ask yourself, What would Lady Gaga do?

• Well, that's your opinion, isn't it? And I'm not
  about to waste my time trying to change it.