8:30 7/10 Using quoted material

·      Uses of quotation marks

     titles

     reported speech

     Sarah said, "How was your day today?"

     ironic finger quotes

     -verbal irony

     -dramatic irony

     -situational irony

     borrow from text,proof, evidence

·      Talk about plagiarism-

   

   copying from another text, or internet, and passing it in and saying you wrote it

  

·      Incorporate quoted material into your sentences.

·      Not copying sentences

·      2-3 words, 3-4 words

·      no long quotations, long quotations are no good for short answers

·      This is a skill that must be practiced and perfected

Practice a few sentences with quoted material from story

Review as class.

Explain ... and []

STRATEGIES FOR GATHERING MATERIAL FOR QUOTATIONS:

Make notes- key words or phrases, repeated words or phrase, anything that jumps out, anything quotable for essays

plagiarism - copying from another text pretending that you wrote it

-easy to spot, tone, voice different

"ancient characters"

Mr Wei got angry when he saw the "ancient characters"(2) that were carved into the desk.

1,2,3,4 words - that's about the max for a paragraph

If you are writing a 20-page paper, you quote much longer passages.

Should you quote it or not?

Is the word special, or is it an everyday word?

"inscribed" "all twisted"

Read twice: once for plot, setting, character

second time for deeper meaning, symbolism, quotable words and phrases

Note down quotable words and phrases

4-5 quoted words should be enough

Using Quotations

Here are some key points to remember when using quotations:

1)   Incorporate quotations into your sentences.

Mr Wei was angry because the desk was damaged: "ancient characters"

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Mr Wei was angry because the desk was damaged with "ancient characters" carved into it. Even though Wang Wei didn't how to read these letters, the teacher didn't think about this fact.

2)   Keep quotations to a few words.  Quotations are like salt in food: a little bit gives flavour; too much ruins the dish.

3)   Use quoted material to support your points.

4)   Don’t use too many quotations.  Pick four or five quotations to support your brainstormed points and leave the rest.

5)   Make sure the quoted material is exactly as written in the story.  Use … and [] to make minor grammatical or stylistic changes.

6)   Avoid repeating quotations.

7)   After quoting material, go on to explain why the quotation is relevant.

8)   Avoid ending paragraphs with quotations.