Transcript Embedding Quotes in a Paragraph

Embedding Quotes
in a Paragraph
Take Notes!
Using Direct Quotes
 Use a minimum of 2 quotes
 These quotes must relate to your thesis
and topic sentence - ALWAYS ask
yourself, How does this quote prove
my thesis?
 Never “float” your quotes!!
 Always “embed” quotes so the reader
cannot tell (when read aloud) where your
words start/stop and the quote
start/stop.
Examples of Quotes Not Embedded
 When Odysseus gets to the island of
the Cyclops, he gets stuck in a cave.
“He left his rams and goats in the yard
outside, and swung high overhead a
slab of solid rock” (493). This quote
shows he was trapped.
Examples of properly embedded
quotes:
 When Odysseus lands on the
island of the Cyclops, he can’t help
but explore this fabled land. Yet his
curiosity causes a problem when
the Cyclops returns to his cave
and, “swung high overhead a slab
of solid rock,” effectively trapping
Odysseus and his men in the cave
(493).
Examples of Quotes Not Embedded
 Later when Odysseus is back at his
island, he hatches a plan with his son
to beat the suitors. “Round up all the
armor, lances, gear of war left in our
hall, and stow the lot away back in the
vaulted storeroom” (524).
Examples of properly embedded
quotes:
 Later when Odysseus is back at his
island, he hatches a plan with his
son to beat the suitors. He
instructs Telemachus to gather the
“armor, lances, gear of war left in
our hall,” and “stow the lot away”
(524).
Punctuation & Formatting
–All page numbers/line
numbers go at the end of
the sentence regardless of
where quote ends
Punctuation & Formatting
- Page number only in lit.
response essays; no need to
cite author other than in
thesis/introductory paragraph.
Punctuation & Formatting
-Period goes AFTER the
parenthetical reference/page
number, NOT BEFORE IT.
Sentence Edits
 Embed this quote: Next, Odysseus and his son
kill Antinous. “Odysseus’ arrow hits him under
the chin and punched up to the feathers in his
throat” (536). This shows they killed him.
 Fix the Formatting: As part of their elaborate
ruse to eliminate the suitors, Odysseus
disguises himself as, “a beggar, by my looks”
(page 524) and instructs Telemachus to gather
all the armor and hide it. (page 524)