QUOTATIONS (A brief re-cap of Wednesday's class)

•Identify your speaker. Who is this? Make sure the quote and the person are relevant.
•Use only the best quotations. “He said it was great.” What does this add?
•Never use a quotation and move on with your paper. Explain the point of the quotation and its connection to your paper.

•Make the quotation fit grammatically. If you need to change a verb tense, you may. Use [brackets] to indicate that you’ve changed something.
•Quotations that are more than three lines need to be in a block format – indented 10 spaces and still double-spaced. (This is MLA style--check your handbook).

•When you’re finished, read your draft and consider the reader’s viewpoint. Do your quotations support an argument, present a point of disagreement, raise a new point? Do not assume your reader knows why you’re using the quotation. Use signal words and/or phrases, lead the reader through your reasoning.

SIGNAL PHRASES:

•According to (Author/Character), "..."
•As Mark Twain goes on to explain, "..."
•Characterized by John Milton, the society is "..."
•As one critic points out, "..."

SIGNAL WORDS (Check the meanings before using them!)

•acknowledges, adds, admits, affirms, agrees, argues, asserts, believes, claims, comments, compares, confirms, contends, declares, demonstrates, denies, disputes, emphasizes, endorses, grants, illustrates, implies, insists, notes, observes, points out, reasons, refutes, rejects, reports, responds, states, suggests, thinks, underlines, writes

Please have your final papers in perfect order for tomorrow's class. IF there is no class tomorrow because of the weather, you MUST bring your paper to Monday's lecture -- no exceptions.
If you have any questions or comments or problems, please contact me.
RD