This document provides guidance on how to properly incorporate quotes into academic writing. It discusses why quotes are used, such as to support a point or attribute an idea to its originator. Key recommendations include introducing and explaining the relevance of any quote, and citing the quote's source both in the body of the text and in a concluding bibliography. Examples demonstrate correct versus incorrect ways to quote, introduce quotes, and format citations in MLA style. The overall message is that quotes should be used purposefully and attributed properly.

1. 𝐴 = 𝐵𝐿𝐴𝐻 𝐵𝐿𝐴𝐻 𝐵𝐿𝐴𝑯 𝑟2

2. WHY DO WE QUOTE IN OUR WRITING?
1. Someone else said it better!
2. Someone else said it first!
3. Someone famous said it!
4. It supports what you want to
say!
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Blah Blah blah

3. WHEN NOT TO QUOTE!
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Your introduction in a paper should
be your own words.
The first sentence of your
paragraph should be yours.
The conclusion of the paper or last
paragraph should be your words.

4. Do not just drop a
quote in without
your
introduction in
front or
explanation at
the end!
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5. EXAMPLES OF INTRODUCTION
I N C O R R E C T
I N T R O D U C T I O N
“I will huff and puff
and blow your
house down.”
C O R R E C T
I N T R O D U C T I O N
As the Big Bad Wolf
said to the Pigs, “I
will huff and puff
and blow your
house down.”
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6. EXPLAIN YOUR QUOTES!
I N C O R R E C T Q U O T E
The Wolf said, “The
better to eat you
with, my dear!”
C O R R E C T Q U O T E
The Wolf said, “The
better to eat you
with, my dear!”
The Wolf was
planning to eat
the girl all the
time.
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7. WHERE DID THE QUOTE COME FROM?
I N C O R R E C T
The Wolf said, “The
better to eat you
with.”
Which Wolf? In
which story?
Where can I find
the story? What
page? Who wrote
it?
C O R R E C T ( M L A )
In “Little Red Riding
Hood” in the
Grimm brothers’
Grimm Fairy
Tales, the Wolf
said, “The better
to eat you with”
(359).
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Page
number
with period
after the
parenthesis.

8. PARTS OF A QUOTATION WITH CITATION
The Wolf was planning to eat the girl all the
time. In “Little Red Riding Hood” in the
Grimm brothers’ Grimm Fairy Tales, the
Wolf said, “The better to eat you with”
(359).
Grimm, Jacob and Wilhem Grimm. “Little
Red Riding Hood.” Grimm Fairy Tales.
Various Publishers: Germany, 1812. Print.
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Intr
o
Source
In Text Citation (Page
number)Citation at the end of the
paper.

9. INTRODUCTORY PHRASES
As described by (Author) in the book, Book Title, things are “quotation with
exact words” (page).
Note the book title is in italics.
(Author’s last name) writes in his article, “Title of Article in Journal” that
“quotation with exact words”(page).
Note the article title is in quotes.
In (Author’s last name)’s website, he explains that “quote with exact
words”. No page number available.
In our text, (Author’s last name) declares, “quote with exact words” (qtd. in
Jacobus 206).
Note that the quote is on page 206 in an anthology with many other
authors.
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10. BASIC ELEMENTS
1.Why do you add a quote? Be sure there
is a reason!
2.Do not use it instead of your own words
in your introduction or conclusion.
3.No floating quotes! Use an introduction
or explanation.
4.Where did you get it? Cite the source in
the text and at the end of the paper.
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11. As the librarian
said to the
English class,
“Now you know
how to quote!”
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