Summary: This chapter talks about how to incorporate quotes from a different author to support your own argument. First, you have to choose passages that are relevant to your argument. You also need to choose quotes that will support your argument. When you find meaningful quotes, you have to frame them in a way that makes sense to the reader. You have to introduce quotes with relevant information and conclude a quote with an explanation.
Quote #1: "But the main problem with quoting arises when writers assume that quotations speak for themselves" (Pg 43).
It is important to never leave a dangling quote. A reader will be very confused if you just stick a random quote without first introducing it. An introduction will explain to the readers why you're using a quote from another author. The explanation will explain to the readers what the quote is saying and how it relates back to your argument.
Quote #2: "In fact, sometimes quotations that were initially relevant to your argument, or to a key point in it, become less so as your text changes during the process of writing and revising" (Pg 44).
I question this quote. Does this mean we can no longer use the quotes we originally picked out? I thought the point of revising was just to reorganize ideas and fix paragraphs and not to change you ideas completely.
Questions:
1. Can you over quote?
2. What is the minimum amount of quotes needed?
3. How do you format quotes?
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