The document provides guidance on using quotations in writing. It advises including outside sources and expert opinions to strengthen arguments and confirm claims. Quotations should be selected carefully and used to support key ideas. When including a quote, a writer must introduce it by framing it in their own words, cite the source, and explain how the quote backs up the point being made. Quotations add authority when used correctly and framed within the writer's own analysis.

1. Using Quotations inYourWriting

3.  Writing a paper without outside support is
like doing a trust fall by yourself.
 You need support so you don’t fall on your
face and look silly.
Trust fall fail

4.  Back up information in an argument with
expert information
 According to the Surgeon General, “…” carries a
lot more weight than “because I said so”.
 No offense, but the experts more than you
do. Consulting them makes your paper
better.

5.  We also use outside information to confirm
arguments (eg.Texting while driving is
dangerous.)
 Statistics from a reputable source make your
argument stronger
 This is like using more than one person when
you’re doing a trust fall.

7.  When you
demonstrate how
well informed you
are, you gain
authority and
confidence.

9.  Face-to-face, real life relationships can
benefit from their online counterparts.

10. Select the quotes to use.

11.  Choose the best examples to support your
ideas.
 Weak quotes lead to weak writing, so make
sure your examples are strong!
 See the evidence you identified from the five
articles we read. (The graphic organizer.)

12.  “Most of us fluidly move between on- and off-
line social contexts, and so do our
friendships” (Marwick).
 This quote is essential to my argument.

13. Frame your quote.

14.  You can’t just plot a quote in your paper. It
must be “framed”.

15. Topic sentences let the reader know what
to expect from a paragraph.
Relationships that exist both in person and
through the help of the Internet may be
stronger than others. Alice Marwick is a
blogger who met her husband through her
online postings. Marwick argues that “Most
of us fluidly move between on- and off-line
social contexts, and so do our friendships”.

16.  Make sure your reader knows who created the quote
(in speech or writing).
 Avoid using “said.” It’s old & tired.There are hundreds
of other verbs that are more accurate. See yourThey
Say/ I Say SentenceTemplates for ideas.
Relationships that exist both in person and
through the help of the Internet may be stronger than
others.Alice Marwick is a blogger who met her
husband through her online postings. Marwick argues
that “Most of us fluidly move between on- and off-line
social contexts, and so do our friendships”.

17. Your readers aren’t mind-readers—explain why the information supports
your claim.

18. Relationships that exist both in person and
through the help of the Internet may be stronger
than others. Alice Marwick is a blogger who met
her husband through her online postings.
Marwick argues that “Most of us fluidly move
between on- and off-line social contexts, and so
do our friendships”. Her point is that we can
communicate in a variety of ways without losing
any details.This provides people to spend more
time getting to know one another better.

19. Relationships that exist both in person and
through the help of the Internet may be stronger
than others. Alice Marwick is a blogger who met
her husband through her online postings. Marwick
argues that “Most of us fluidly move between on-
and off-line social contexts, and so do our
friendships”. Her point is that we can communicate
in a variety of ways without losing any details.This
provides people to spend more time getting to
know one another better.Talking with someone
online provides a way to strengthen existing
friendships.

20. Your words
Their
words/ideas
Your words

21. Relationships that exist both in person and
through the help of the Internet may be stronger than
others. Alice Marwick is a blogger who met her
husband through her online postings. Marwick argues
that “Most of us fluidly move between on- and off-line
social contexts, and so do our friendships”. Her point is
that we can communicate in a variety of ways without
losing any details.This provides people to spend more
time getting to know one another better.Talking with
someone online provides a way to strengthen existing
friendships.

22. Rules to consider.

23.  Use a comma before the quote.
 Early on,Wiesel admits, “I was almost
thirteen and deeply observant” (Wiesel 3).

24.  Use a colon before the quote.
 Wiesel admitted the strength of his faith in
the early pages of the memoir: “I was almost
thirteen and deeply observant” (Wiesel 3).

25.  Use single quotation marks within double
quotation marks.
 To suggest that God is dead,Wiesel
comments, “‘Where He is?This is where—
hanging here from this gallows…’”
’”

26.  …
 If you want to leave out material from within a
quote, use ellipses.
 Be certain you’re not “cutting” essential parts of
the quote.
 Supporting Passages
 “I did not fast.…I no longer accepted Gods’
silence. As I swallowed my ration of soup, I
turned that act into a symbol of rebellion, of
protest against Him. And I nibbled on my crust
of bread. Deep inside me, I felt a great void
opening” (Wiesel 69).

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