Incorporating quotes

There are two ways to incorporate quotes:

1) Using a full quote
2) Using an embedded or integrated quote

Using a Full Quote

When you incorporate a full quote, you

should introduce the quote and then follow

with a full sentence of quoted material:
Example: My friend Bob says, The safety
corridor is a huge improvement in terms of
saving lives.

Using an Embedded Quote

When you incorporate an embedded or integrated

quote, you should introduce the quote and

continue that same sentence with a partial
sentence of quoted material woven in:

Example: Bob also argues that the old speed

limit was particularly dangerous because of
traffic crossing 101 at Indianola and other
points.

Identifying Sources
Since English 150 is not a course in which research

is taught, the way to identify a source in your text is

simply identify it by using a phrase, such as
According to:

Example: According to an article in the Times

Standard, Bugs fly.
Remember, if you use the source word-for-word, you
have to put quotes around the language.

Literary Present Tense

When you refer to a text, you have to write

about it in the present tense:

Example: J.T. Gatto writes that I dont teach

English. (Note: its writes not wrote,
even though he did it in the past tense. The
reason we do this is because texts never
age, authors do.

Authors Dont Say

Remember, authors arent talking, so they

dont say; they write, argue, note,

describe, posit, speculate, etc.

Identifying Titles
Titles of other peoples essay go in quotes: The

Seven-Lesson Schoolteacher. (Your own title

does not go in quotes.)
Titles of books are italicized, as are names of
newspapers, films, CDs.
In general, a good rule of thumb for this is that
the smaller thing goes in quotes (such as a song
title), but the larger thing it comes from is
italicized, such as the CD.