Quote IntegrationQuote Integration

How to avoid “quote plopping.”How to avoid “quote plopping.”

How to integrate quotationsHow to integrate quotations

• There are two techniques:There are two techniques:–Using dialogue tagsUsing dialogue tags

–Weaving quotations into your Weaving quotations into your sentencessentences

Using dialogue tagsUsing dialogue tags

• Introduce your quotes by stating who Introduce your quotes by stating who is talking and how he/she is saying it.is talking and how he/she is saying it.

• Examples:Examples:– Jing-mei yellsJing-mei yells– The narrator admitsThe narrator admits– Roger exclaimsRoger exclaims– The little girl’s mother asksThe little girl’s mother asks– Millicent saysMillicent says

Proper PunctuationProper Punctuation

• Be sure to properly use commas Be sure to properly use commas and quotation marks.and quotation marks.

• Commas follow the dialog tag:Commas follow the dialog tag:– The narrator realizes,The narrator realizes,

Proper PunctuationProper Punctuation

• Quotation marks signal the start Quotation marks signal the start of a quotation.of a quotation.– The narrator realizes, “Pride is a…The narrator realizes, “Pride is a…

Proper PunctuationProper Punctuation

• Include proper parenthetical Include proper parenthetical citation at the end of the citation at the end of the sentence.sentence.– The narrator realizes, “Pride is a The narrator realizes, “Pride is a

terrible, wonderful thing” terrible, wonderful thing” (Hurst 318).(Hurst 318).

GrammarGrammar

• If the first word of the quotation starts a grammatically complete sentence, capitalize that first word

• When using just part of a sentence, do not capitalize the first word

CapitalizeCapitalize

• Academic writers at a large Southern university note, "The behavior, lifestyle, and values of minority students are likely to be substantially different from those of whites" (Jones 212).

No capitalizationNo capitalization

• Feeling overconfident for the recital Jing Mei "dawdled over it, playing a few bars and then cheating, looking up to see what notes followed” (Tan 38).

Quote WeavingQuote Weaving

• You can also “weave” quotes into You can also “weave” quotes into an existing sentence.an existing sentence.

• What the message of the quote isWhat the message of the quote is– Use a colon after your words to Use a colon after your words to

introduce quoteintroduce quoteOROR

• Use your own sentence structureUse your own sentence structure

Own StructureOwn Structure

• Feeling overconfident for the recital Jing Mei "dawdled over it, playing a few bars and then cheating, looking up to see what notes followed” (Tan 38).

Message of quoteMessage of quote

• In a practice session Mrs. Woo provides encouragement for her daughter: “Of course, you can be prodigy too. You can be the best anything” (Tan 31).

Own StructureOwn Structure

• Minority students may not feel comfortable in a predominately white university because their "behavior, lifestyle, and values . . . are likely to be substantially different from those of whites" (Jones 212).