ENGL 1100
Prof. MacDonald
Integration of Quotes
Integrating quotations:
Quotations need to be taken from their original context and integrated fully
into their new textual surroundings."Every quotation needs to have your
own words appear in the same sentence."Furthermore, a quotation should
never end a paragraph – you should always have a concluding sentence
explaining the quotation and summing up your paragraph.
Here are some easy-to-use templates for doing this type of introduction:
X states, “__________.”
As the world-famous scholar X explains it, “________.”
As claimed by X, “______.”
In her article _______, X suggests that “_________.”
In X’s perspective, “___________.”
X concurs when ze notes, “_______.”
You may have noticed that when the word “that” is used, the comma
frequently becomes unnecessary. This is because the word “that” integrates
the quotation with the main clause of your sentence (instead of creating an
independent and dependent clause).
Now that you’ve successfully used the quotation in your sentence, it’s time
to"explain what that quotation means—either in a general sense or in
the context of your argument. Here are some templates for explaining
quotations:
In other words, X asserts __________.
In arguing this claim, X argues that __________.
X is insisting that _________.
What X really means is that ____________.
The basis of X’s argument is that ___________.
Adding or omitting words in quotations:
If you add a word or words in a quotation, you should put brackets around
the words to indicate that they are not part of the original text:
