Eng 12 Using quoted material

nice expression, turn of phrase, important words

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TOO LONG:
Quote an entire sentence.
2-3 lines long
Copying is nothing.

select a few key words, quote those
2-3 words in a quotation

Incorporate the words into our sentence.

Our sentence  
the quoted material is just proof, evidence that our idea is a good one

Less is more. 2-3 words is great. A whole sentence is not good.

Paragraph 1 - calendar
The calendar is symbolic of the wild in a domestic setting. "Against a background of cold blue sky and black pine forests and treacherous northern rivers"
XXX

Incorporate the quoted material into our sentence.

The calendar is symbolic of the wild in the domestic setting of the farm. 

"Against a background of cold blue sky and black pine forests and treacherous northern rivers" 

The photograph of "treacherous northern rivers"in the calendar is symbolic of the wild in the domestic setting of the farm. 


The photograph of "cold blue sky and black pine forests and treacherous northern rivers" (1) in the calendar is symbolic of the wild in the domestic setting of the farm. TOO LONG

Pick the best words, the best phrases for quoting.

The domestic farm house contrasts with the "heroic calendars" (1) that hang in the basement.

Proof, evidence that your point is valid.
Support-

Quoting references, evidence, citation is the basis of all academic writing.

Pick 2-3 words, 3-4 words and incorporate them.

Challenge is that the sentence must be grammatical. Fit the quoted words into your sentence.


The story "Boys and Girls" contrasts the world of nature "heroic calendars" (1) with the domesticated world. XXX Not a sentence

The story "Boys and Girls" by Alice Munro contrasts the world of nature as symbolized by the "heroic calendars" (1) with the domesticated world as symbolized by the farmhouse. --Now it's a sentence

Practice 1:
Incorporate a two-word phrase into a sentence of your own.

Next step [ ] square brackets
change words to be grammatical

The smell of the fox farm "penetrated all parts of the house" (1) when the father is skinning the foxes. 

Verb tense

The smell of the fox farm "penetrated all parts of the house" (1) when the father was skinning the foxes.

The smell of the fox farm "penetrate[s] all parts of the house" (1) when the father is skinning the foxes. 


[ ] shows that a change has been made, just for grammar

The narrator and her brother would watch their "father removed the pelt" (1) from the fox. XXX

The narrator and her brother would watch as their "father removed the pelt" (1) from the fox.

The narrator and her brother would watch their "father remov[ing] the pelt" (1) from the fox.

The narrator and her brother would watch while their "father removed the pelt" (1) from the fox.

[ ] changes a word, but only so the grammar will work

Trump said "She is not really a Native American."
Trump said "[Warren] is not really a Native American."

[ ] usually verb tense or word form

... ellipsis

...... NOT ENGLISH!!

...... , etc  , and so on.

I like cats, dogs, fish ...... NOT ENGLISH


... ellipsis Shows that words have been removed

"the strong primitive odor of the fox itself, penetrated all parts of the house" (1)


"the strong primitive odor of the fox"

"the strong primitive odor"

The house was filled with the foxes' "strong primitive odor" (1) when the father was pelting them.

The narrator's house was filled with the foxes' "strong ... odor" (1) when the father was pelting them.

STILL GRAMMATICAL

"In fact she disliked the whole pelting operation - that was what the killing, skinning, and preparation of the furs was called." (1)

"she disliked the" "preparation of the furs"

Mother "disliked the...preparation of the furs" in her house because she didn't like the smell.

... words have been removed

Practice 2 
Incorporate a few words into your sentence using 
[ ] and/or ... .


The girl's father "raised silver foxes... [and] killed them" (1) for their fur.