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Integrating quotations. Write better analysis papers!. Three step model. It’s as easy as 1…2…3… Always follow this three step model when including a direct quotation in your papers…. Step 1: introduce the quote. Provide the reader with context for the quotation.
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Integrating quotations Write better analysis papers!
Three step model • It’s as easy as 1…2…3… • Always follow this three step model when including a direct quotation in your papers…
Step 1: introduce the quote • Provide the reader with context for the quotation. • Introduce the character, the setting or plot situation, and any other hints that will help the reader understand the excerpt as he reads. • State the purpose of including this quote….What is it showing? • Give credit to the author or character when appropriate
Step two: state the quote • Select the quotation that you want to use as evidence. • Be sure to only use as much of the excerpt as is necessary to make your point. • Avoid the excessive use of long quotations. • Remember to cite your quotation with correct MLA parenthetical format.
Step three: interpret the quote • This is the most important step in integrating a quotation into your argument. • Specifically comment on how the quote supports your claim/point. • Don’t just leave it up to the reader to figure it out! • Your interpretation/analysis of the text should be greater than or equal in length to the direct quote.
Examples: • No context and no credit to the author Columbus should be honored. “Columbus brought the ideas and achievements of Aristotle, Galileo, Newton.”
examples • Context, credit, and analysis: According to Berliner, Columbus should be honored because he “brought the ideas and achievements of Aristotle, Galileo, [and] Newton” (63) to America. This would have helped the Native Americans by bringing new medicines and science to their community which would make them more experienced with the culture of the Europeans who were coming to America. Bringing these ideas also helped create America as it is today.
examples • No analysis, no page number: Harjosays Columbus Day is becoming more acceptable. “Columbus day has become somewhat tolerable as its significance diminished to somewhat more than a good shopping day.”
examples • Analysis and credit: According to Harjo, Columbus Day has become more “tolerable” since its significance has diminished to “somewhat more than a good shopping day” (51). I would agree that most people don’t recognize Columbus Day as anything more than that, and rarely do they give any thought about what it really means to celebrate Columbus. However, I still believe that Columbus Day should no longer be recognized as a holiday, good deals or not.
examples • No analysis, no page number: Columbus’ journal says he was not mean to the Native Americans. “I ordered that nothing which they had left should be taken, not even the value of a pin.”
examples • Introduced, analysis, proper credit: In his own journal, Columbus stated that he committed no wrongs against the Indians, even stating that he “ordered nothing which they had left should be taken, not even the value of a pin” (22). Though it cannot be argued that terrible things happened to the Natives, it can be argued that Columbus was the mastermind of it all or that he even condoned it. According to him, he treated the Indians with respect and ordered his men to do the same. If they did not, then it was there choice to break orders, and Columbus cannot be held responsible.
