Integrating SourcesA Few Exhortations and Reminders

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In other words: Integrate, don’t insert.

Don’t do “Hit-and-Run” quotation.

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Think to yourself, “I speak my part, I refer to another person’s view, and I provide a citation of the statement.” With research papers, you are having a conversation with an entire room of people, introducing each person in turn, and serving as the moderator.

Envision 174-75

You’re the DJ. You’re the Curator.You decide what we learn.

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Introduce the quote or reference.

Give the quote, reference, paraphrase, or summary.

Comment on its relevance to what you’re saying.

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The Sandwich Method>>>

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Introduce, Then Comment.(Or Have Your Voice Stolen)

Joe Critic, in his exploration of masculinity in the music of the Beatles, suggests that . . .

Introduce

Don't just repeat yourself with the critic's words:

Ringo Starr was the toughest Beatle. "Of all the Beatles, Ringo Starr was the toughest" (Critic 43).

Instead, do something like this: Ringo was the toughest Beatle. As Joe Critic says, he was the Beatle most likely to "fly into a rage and smash something--often over another Beatle's head" (47).

Integrate and Enhance

As Joe Critic suggests in his exploration of masculinity in the music of the Beatles, Ringo Starr was "the band's streetfighting man" (45).

Trim

Reduce quoted material to the best, most essential bits.

SelectRingo Starr was the lead actor in a 1981

movie called Caveman. New York Times film critic Janet Maslin noted at the time that

Ringo’s performance is overshadowed by his special effects co-stars, particularly a likable

dinosaur that “rolls his eyes, waggles his tongue, pats his tummy and has a very sweet

smile.” Obviously, the film did not make Ringo the next Cary Grant, but he did end

up marrying lead actress Barbara Bach.

Your quoted material should provide something new and interesting, beyond summary and basic information.

YOU should get the last word.

Joe Critic suggests in his exploration of masculinity in the music of the Beatles that Ringo Star was "the band's streetfighting man" (45). But Critic does not consider Yoko Ono's punishing left hook and its affect on the band's music.

Comment

Respect.

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Goodcitationis about

“The term ‘plagiarism’ comes from the word plagiarius, which literally meant ‘kidnapper.’”

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Peter Morgan and Glenn Reynolds,qtd. in Envision

Don’t Do It.

End.Please note that references to Mr. Starr as a short-tempered street-fighting man are completely false. He’s really a nice guy.