Incorporating Direct Quotations
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Incorporating Direct Quotations
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Signals/Signal Phrases
• You should include a phrase that introduces the direct quote and (sometimes) names the author or source to place the material in a meaningful context. This lets your readers know where the information came from.
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Examples of Signals
• Author Nick Hornby emphasizes this when he has Rob say, “. . .”
• As Hornby notes, “. .”• Rob Fleming argues that
“. . .”• We see this most clearly
when Will Freeman insists that “. . .”
• British author Nick Hornby implies that “. . .”
• The reader discovers this when Marcus observes that “. . .”
• “. . .,” reasons Fiona, who goes on to assert that “. . .”
• According to contemporary British author Nick Hornby, “ . . .”
• Nick Hornby, winner of the Booker Prize, suggests that “. . .”
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Separate or Incorporated
• The whole sentence, from the signal phrase to the end of the direct quote, must be grammatically correct:
• 1. You can separate your signal from the direct quote by a comma or colon.
• 2. You can integrate your signal into the direct quotation with no comma or colon.
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1. Separate
• A comma or colon precedes the direct quotation.
For example: Robert Frost wrote, “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall.”
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2. Incorporated
• No punctuation separates the signal phrase from the direct quotation.
For example: Most people remember, unfortunately, that Frost’s poem also said that “good fences make good neighbors.”
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A Comparison
• Separate:Robert Frost wrote,
“Something there is that doesn’t love a wall.”
Most people remember, unfortunately, that Frost’s poem also said, “Good fences make good neighbors.”
• Incorporated:Robert Frost wrote that
“something there is that doesn’t love a wall.”
Most people remember, unfortunately, that Frost’s poem also said that “good fences make good neighbors.”
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Some Signal Verbs
acknowledges
adds
admits
agrees
comments
compares
confirms
contends
endorses
illustrates
implies
insists
argues
asserts
believes
claims
declares
denies
disputes
emphasizes
notes
observes
points out
suggests
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Summary
• Use a signal phrase to move your readers smoothly from your ideas to a direct quotation.
• Vary your signal verbs and signal phrases.• Either separate or incorporate the direct quotation.• Make sure the whole sentence is grammatically correct.