Handling Quotes Fairly and Accurately

Chapter 8• Quotes should not be used to convey facts.

Quotes make a story lively, give it a human touch, let readers begin to understand what a source is like

• Capture good quotes and use lots of them but paraphrase when you simply convey the facts

• Examples page 191

• Avoid repetition: do not present the same information in a paraphrase as a direct quote

• Partial Quotations: quote part of a sentence directly while paraphrasing the rest– The school needs a dress code, the principal said,

because students are becoming “sloppy in dress and sloppy in thought.”

• Avoid repetition: do not present the same information in a paraphrase as a direct quote

• Partial Quotations: quote part of a sentence directly while paraphrasing the rest– The school needs a dress code, the principal said,

because students are becoming “sloppy in dress and sloppy in thought.”