Quotation and Citation Basics

2013/10/17~Ref. http://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/research/documentation.html

Outline Text Analysis & Paper Critique (next

unit) Quotation: Purposes and Kinds

establish credibility Kinds: Separated & Integrated Avoid wordiness Altering the original text

Text Analysis Basics (see EngSite) Introduction – Luis Thesis Statement – Amy, Frank, Judy & Oran

definition of key terms (if any). e.g. Charles (act out/work through) & Jenny:

rationality or rationalization? Ref.

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Defense_mechanism#Rationalization

Text Analysis: quotes as evidence We also should forget a loved been

with unique qualities that we like and we always remember.

Although the speaker admits, hesitantly, that losing a beloved one is “like (Write it!) like disaster,” she stresses that “[i]t's evident the art of losing's not too hard to master.”

Text Analysis Basics (see EngSite) – “One Art” e.g. Introduction – Luis Thesis Statement – Amy, Judy, Oran & Frank Needs -- definition of key terms (if any). e.g. rationality or rationalization?

Critique: Purposes 1. Reviewing existing scholarship in

order to respond to it 2. Establishing your own stance in the

critical scholarship

Critique: Skills Needed Reading for the gist (main ideas) summarizing and synthesizing Critical thinking:

-- What have I learned from it? -- How do I differ from it?-- How to I add to it?

QUOTATION AND CITATION

Types of Errors to avoid in using the others’ ideas Using somebody else’s words without

putting them in quotation marks Using somebody else’s ideas (or even

those from your old papers) without acknowledging it with proper citation and quotation

What does not need citation? -- Historical facts unchangeable and generally known to your research community. e.g. E. Bishop’s place & date of birth. )

Quotation (1) – Purposes

establish critical context and increase credibility quoting primary text as evidence and/or for

close analysis Structure– a possible one

Introduction – raises your question and present your thesis statement

Body • related background and critical context• Your response to existing criticism—which is your

argument. • Text analysis • Get examples from the articles we read

Quotation (2): Kinds – SeparatedSt. Paul declared, "It is better to marry than

to burn." Integrated -- St. Paul declared that "it is better to

marry than to burn." -- Thoreau warned his readers to "beware

of all enterprises that require new clothes.“

More here.

Quotation –methods: 1) indent the long quote

Quotation: Basic Principles

1. Quote properly; do not take words out of their context.

2. Do not quote without giving your own interpretation

3. Using Internal Citation to avoid wordiness Based on the dissertation, “A

Historical Analysis of Coffee Consumption in Taiwan” written by Fan-ting, the development of coffee can be divided into three major periods: first is from 1930 to 1960, second is form 1960 to 1980 and the third is from 1980 to 1990. (41, 82, 122)

Errors fixed Based on the dissertation written by

Fang-ting, A Historical Analysis of Coffee Consumption in Taiwan, the development of coffee consumption in Taiwan can be divided into three major periods: the first is from 1930 to 1960, the second, from 1960 to 1980 and the third, from 1980 to 1990 (41, 82, 122).

Internal Citation The development of coffee

consumption in Taiwan can be divided into three major periods: respectively, from 1930 to 1960, from 1960 to 1980, and from 1980 to 1990 (Fan 41, 82, 122).

3. Way to alter original texts. First of all, “[t]he news [i]s subjective,

spoken by a person,” strongly affirmed by Margaret Morse, a Professor of Film and Video at UC Santa Cruz.