How to Choose Good Quotes ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

• You know you have a good quote when…– The quote adds new information that will

impact or shock your reader and make them agree with or at least think about your point of view

– Your paragraph wouldn’t be as strong without it

– It provides support as to why the audience should agree with your viewpoint

Internal Citations ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

• This is how you use the information you discovered during your research to support your arguments

• There are many ways to cite a source within your paper.– Be aware: even if you don’t use a direct

quote (someone else’s words), you still have to cite that you used their ideas.

Here are some examples…

Wordsworth notes, “cyber bullying can cause long

term effects on kids because it makes what might

have been a more private situation very much

public because of the amount of traffic sites like

Facebook get" (263).

Direct Quote with a Lead-In___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Wordsworth notes, “cyber bullying can cause long

term effects on kids because it makes what might

have been a more private situation very much

public because of the amount of traffic sites like

Facebook get" (263).

Elements of a Direct Quote with a Lead-In

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Author’s name

Comma to introduce the

quote

Open quotation to show where

the quote starts

Close quotation to show where the quote ends

Note the page number inside parenthesis, if

applicable.

Put a period to end the

sentence after the

parenthesis.

Wordsworth notes, “cyber bullying can cause long

term effects on kids because it makes what might

have been a more private situation very much

public because of the amount of traffic sites like

Facebook get.”

Direct Quote with a Lead-In and No Page Number

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Wordsworth notes, “cyber bullying can cause long

term effects on kids because it makes what might

have been a more private situation very much

public because of the amount of traffic sites like

Facebook get.”

Elements of a Direct Quote with a Lead-In and No Page

Number___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Author’s name

Comma to introduce the

quote

Open quotation to show where

the quote starts

Close quotation to show where the quote ends

“Cyber bullying can cause long term effects on kids

because it makes what might have been a more

private situation very much public because of the

amount of traffic sites like Facebook get"

(Wordsworth 263).

Direct Quote with No Lead-In ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“Cyber bullying can cause long term effects on kids

because it makes what might have been a more

private situation very much public because of the

amount of traffic sites like Facebook get"

(Wordsworth 263).

Elements of a Direct Quote with No Lead-In

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Open quotation to show where

the quote starts

Close quotation to show where the quote ends

Author’s name Note the page

number inside parenthesis, if

applicable.

Put a period to end the

sentence after the

parenthesis.

Direct Quote without an Author ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“Cyber bullying can cause long term effects on kids

because it makes what might have been a more

private situation very much public because of the

amount of traffic sites like Facebook get" (“Impact of

Bully” 263).

“Cyber bullying can cause long term effects on kids

because it makes what might have been a more

private situation very much public because of the

amount of traffic sites like Facebook get" (“Impact of

Bully” 263).

Elements of a Direct Quote without an Author

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Open quotation to show where the quote starts

Close quotation to show where the quote ends

Title of article

Note the page number inside parenthesis, if

applicable.

Put a period to end the

sentence after the

parenthesis.

Paraphrased Quote with a Lead-In

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Wordsworth notes cyber bullying is worse

than traditional bullying because it

provides the bully with a larger audience

(263).

Elements of a Paraphrased Quote with a Lead-In

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Wordsworth notes cyber bullying is worse

than traditional bullying because it

provides the bully with a larger audience

(263).

Author’s name

Note the page number inside parenthesis, if

applicable.

Put a period to end the

sentence after the

parenthesis.

Paraphrased Quote without a Lead-In

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Cyber bullying is worse than traditional

bullying because it provides the bully with

a larger audience (Wordsworth 263).

Elements of a Paraphrased Quote with a Lead-In

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Cyber bullying is worse than traditional

bullying because it provides the bully with

a larger audience ( Wordsworth 263).

Author’s name Note the page

number inside parenthesis, if

applicable.

Put a period to end the

sentence after the

parenthesis.