This document provides instructions for analyzing quotations. It explains that students should read the quote, understand its meaning, and relate it to their own experience. It then outlines steps for quote analysis, including identifying the author, topic, tone, and opinion. Examples are provided of analyzing Benjamin Franklin and Sallust quotes by breaking them into parts and determining what each part means. Students are assigned to practice analyzing two quotes on a handout using the techniques demonstrated.

1. ANALYZING QUOTES
MRS. MILES

2. Analyzing Quotations
Read quotations
Analyze quotations
Understand the meaning
of the quotation

3. WHY? Explanatory Essay
HSPA Explanatory
Essay Prompt give
you a quote.
You are required to
explain, describe,
discuss, or analyze
the quote.
You have to relate the
quote to your
personal experience.

4. Example:Explanatory Prompt
Consider how the following quotation
relates to you.
“____________(QUOTATION)___”
Write a five paragraph essay explaining
what this quotation means to you. Use
details and examples in your essay.

5. Step 1
How do you
analyze a quote?

6. Who is the author?
Do you know the author?
If you do, think about what the author may have
been like? Why do you think he/she said it?
Who do you think the quote was said to?

7. What is the main topic of
the quote?
What does the quote mean?

8. Identify the author’s tone?
Is the quote positive, negative?
Is it encouraging, hopeful, pessimistic,
optimistic?

9. Author’s opinion
Most quotes give you an idea of the author’s
opinion.
Decide what you think the quote tells you about
the speaker (person saying quote).

10. Let’s begin!
Quote 1
“Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a big
ship”
Benjamin Franklin

11. Vocabulary First!
beware: Be careful
expenses: Things that cost money
leak: a hole in a container that
causes liquid to pass through it.
sink: to go down to the bottom of
the sea/ ocean

12. Who is the author?
Benjamin Franklin:
American Statesman/ politician (He signed the
Declaration of Independence, and the
Constitution)
Scientist and inventor (discovered electricity?)

13. What does this quote mean
Draw a table and divide the quote into parts.
Beware of little expenses,
A small leak will sink a
big ship.

14. What does this quote mean
Figure out what the quote means in your own
words.
Be careful when
Beware of little expenses,
spending money.
A small leak will sink a big
ship.

15. What does this quote mean
Figure out what the quote means in your own
words.
Be careful when
Beware of little expenses,
spending money.
Many small purchases
added together represent
A small leak will sink a big
more money spent and
ship.
can cause financial
problems.

16. What about the tone and
the audience?
“Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a big ship”
Benjamin Franklin
TONE: A warning
AUDIENCE: Public (Benjamin Franklin was a
statesman. Maybe times were difficult and he
was warning the public to be careful with their
money)

17. Start Practicing or More
Examples?
If you are ready to If you need one more
practice, press here. example press here.

18. Here’s one more example
Quote 2
"Every man is the architect of his own fortune."
Sallust

19. Vocabulary First!
architect: A person who designs buildings
fortune: luck or success

20. Who is the author?
Sallust:
A Roman historian (86BC-35BC) and Roman
official.

21. What does this quote mean
Draw a table and divide the quote into parts.
Every man is the architect
of his own fortune

22. What does this quote mean
Figure out what the quote means in your own
words.
People are responsible
Every man is the architect
for building
of his own fortune

23. What does this quote mean
Figure out what the quote means in your own
words.
People are responsible
Every man is the architect
for building or achieving
of his own fortune their own success.

24. What about the tone and
the audience?
“People are the architects of their own fortune”
Sallust
TONE: positive? negative?
AUDIENCE: Roman government?/ People?
Click here to practice.

25. Practice
Instructions
Take Handout #1 from the desk at the front of
the class.
. When you get the handout press here and
follow the instructions.

26. Practice
Take a handout from
the desk at the front
of the room.
Read and follow the
directions on the
handout. Use the
handout to analyze
two of the following
quotes
Press here for the
quotes.

27. Quotes
Quote 1
"Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent
perspiration."
-- Thomas Edison
Press here for quote 2

28. Quotes
Quote
"People don't get along because they fear each
other. People fear each other because they don't
know each other. They don't know each other
because they have not properly communicated
with each other."
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Press here for assignment 2

29. Assignment 2
Use the internet (Safari) to find your own quote.
Using Keynote, create a two page keynote
presentation.
On page one- write the quote and the author’s
name. You may include a picture.
On page 2- Analyze your quote.

30. WELL DONE
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