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
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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.