How to Embed Quotes

How to make a quote sandwich:

Introduce it with an author tag and a signal verb.

Introduction phrases

• According to...
• In her article, ...
• In so and so's opinion...
• (Author's name) suggests...

Signal verbs, "The author..."

• believes
• argues
• compares
• points out
• thinks

Examples:
As Antonio contemplates his actions, Anaya says , "..."
After Dickens reveals Pip's benefactor, he writes, "..."

When Miss Havisham first emerges from her dark room, critic Linda Raphael points out, "..." (35).

Quote it!

Example of quotation:
After Dickens reveals Pip's benefactor, he writes, "...I began fully to know how wrecked I was" (399).

After Pip finds out who his benefactor is, he says, "...I began fully to know how wrecked I was..." (Dickens 399).

Cite it!

MLA: (Author's Last Name pg #)

Shorten quotes!

Pip says, "You are part of my existence, part of myself....You have been the embodiment of every graceful fancy that my mind has ever been acquainted with" (Dickens 448).

Block quoting is when a quote is longer than four lines

Try to stay away from block quoting: only when it is absolutely, positively necessary (and most of the time, it's not).

Explain it!

Explain: What does it mean? How does it relate to your thesis?

Your explanation should be longer than the quote itself. (Important note for block quotes.)

Analysis Signal Phrases

• This shows that...
• This exemplifies...
• This quote clearly means that...
• This evidence suggests... 
• One possible reason for this...

A Few More Things...

Titles of novels are always in italics.

When you quote an article and mention its title, the title will be in quotes.

You will always write your papers in present tense.

After you have fully introduced the author(s), you will always refer to them by their last name. Dickens, Anaya, etc.

but you can refer to the characters by the name they go by in the novel (so don't call Pip Gargery or Estella Havisham).