INCORPORATING QUOTATIONS

5 Paragraph Essay

WHEN USING QUOTATIONS…1. Be sure it is cited.2. Be sure it isn’t lonely.3. Be sure it makes sense.

1. BE SURE IT IS CITED… Direct quotation or paraphrasing must

be cited

Quotation: "The yellow star? Oh well, what of it? You don't die of it.“

Example: Elie’s father reacts to the yellow stars by saying, “’The yellow star? Oh well, what of it?’” (Wiesel 9).

Example: Elie’s father, for example, is not concerned about the yellow stars, assuring them that one cannot die from it (Wiesel 9).

Example: After being informed that they would have to wear the yellow star, Elie’s father remains calm.

1. BE SURE IT IS CITED… Check it out with an informational Text!

Quotation: “In 1997, when Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone came out, children's fiction was a publishing backwater.”

Example: Prior to the series release, the genre of children’s fiction had not achieved much attention (“The Harry Potter Effect” 1).

Example: “When Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone came out,” the genre of children’s literature was a low priority for publishers (“The Harry Potter Effect” 1).

Example: Before Prisoner of Azkaban was published, children’s fiction was unimportant to publishes.

2. BE SURE IT ISN’T LONELY… A direct quotation a complete sentence. A direct quote cannot stand alone as a

sentence.Quotation: "Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed."

Example: Elie describes how he “shall never forget that night, the first night in the camp, which has turned [his] life into one long night” (Wiesel 32).

Example: "Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed” (Wiesel 32).

Example: Upon their arrival at Auschwitz, Elie discusses how that first night in the camp completely changed his life (Wiesel 32).

2. BE SURE IT ISN’T LONELY… A direct quotation a complete sentence. Here’s another example from and informational text.

Quotation: “Some children's authors have won greater advances, sales and recognition thanks to Harry Potter.”

Example: “Some children's authors have won greater advances, sales and recognition thanks to Harry Potter” (“The Harry Potter Effect” 1).

Example: Thanks to J.K. Rowling’s success, “some children's authors have won greater advances, sales and recognition thanks to Harry Potter” (“The Harry Potter Effect” 1).

Example: “Some children's authors have won greater advances, sales and recognition” because of J.K. Rowlings unique series (“The Harry Potter Effect” 1).

3. BE SURE IT MAKES SENSE… Use sections just like phrases in a

sentence. Any minor changes in [ ]Quotation: "I was a body. Perhaps less than that even: a

starved stomach. The stomach alone was aware of the passage of time."

Example: Time became meaningless in the camp as Elie describes that his “stomach alone was aware of the passage of time” (Wiesel 50).

Example: While at the camp, Elie was “a body. Perhaps less than that even: a starved stomach” (Wiesel 50).

Example: After weeks of starvation, Elie explains that “I was a body” (Wiesel 50).

3. BE SURE IT MAKES SENSE… Let’s try this one with an informational text

too!Quotation: “The Harry Potter series grew in popularity among both young readers and adults concurrently with the publication of the third book, Prisoner of Azkaban, in 1999.”

Example: “The Harry Potter series grew in popularity among both young readers and adults” after the publication of Prisoner of Azkaban (“Scholarship on Harry Potter” 1).

Example: After the publication of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the series immediately grew in popularity for both young and adult audiences (“Scholarship on Harry Potter” 1).

Example: The article “Scholarship on Harry Potter” explains to “young readers and adults concurrently with the publication of the third book, Prisoner of Azkaban” (“Scholarship on Harry Potter” 1).

PRACTICEQuotation: “We were not afraid. And yet,

if a bomb had fallen on the blocks, it alone would have claimed hundreds of victims on the spot” (Wiesel 57).