Types of Quotation & The Quotation Sandwich
Types of Quotation & The Quotation Sandwich
Full Sentence:
1 sentence or 3 lines or less
(Author, Page #)
No (Author) needed if author is stated in previous sentence.
McCoy, reporter for The Washington Post, showcases his doubt of Kyle’s side of the story. “Does that mean it didn’t happen? Who knows. It’s certainly possible” (McCoy, 5).
Partial Sentence:
A few words within your own sentence
Author’s name & page # in ()
Kyle would go on long tirades, stories “drenched in braggadocio” (McCoy, 6).
Block Quote:
Any quotation that exceeds 3 lines in length
Indent all lines
No quotation marks
Single space
These discrepancies leave many possibilities open.
It’s also possible Kyle killed 30 armed assailants in New Orleans to protect its residents in Katrina’s aftermath. But it’s also possible Kyle couldn’t let go of his own legend, and, in a haze of post-traumatic stress, let his tales veer into untruth. (McCoy)
Paraphrase:
Ideas/information you got from a source, but in your own words.
McCoy points to three instances in which Kyle mentions killings that may not have occurred (McCoy 9-12).
Quote within Quote
Cicero went on to say that “The cat doesn’t always go outside” (qtd. in D’Agata).
Additions [Brackets] & Omissions …Ellipses…
Writing about the dwindling attention of some composition scholars to the actual teaching of writing, Susan MIller notes that “few discussions of writing pedagogy take it for granted that one of [their] goals is to teach how to write.”
“The Lux ad’s visual content…supports its verbal message.”
QUOTATION SANDWICH
Sub-Claim
Frame
Quotation
Interpretation/Analysis
Frame:
Author, Qualification, Relationship to Event/Topic
McCoy, reporter for The Washington Post, showcases his doubt of Kyle’s side of the story. “Does that mean it didn’t happen? Who knows. It’s certainly possible” (5).
Interpretation:
Who wrote this? Why?
Who is their intended audience?
Do they intend to inform or persuade? How can you tell?
What sorts of words & sentences do they use? Why?
What is their point of view? How do you know?
Who did they quote? Why
