PRINCIPLES OF QUOTATION INTEGRATION
One should never have a quotation standing alone as a complete sentence, or, worse yet, as an incomplete sentence, in their writing.
As you choose quotations for a literary analysis, remember the purpose of quoting. Your essay develops an argument about what the author of the text is doing--how the text "works." You use quotations to support this argument; that is, you select, present, and discuss material from the text specifically to "prove" your point--to make your case--in much the same way a lawyer brings evidence before a jury. Quoting for any other purpose is counterproductive. Don't quote to "tell the story" or otherwise convey basic information about the text; assume the reader knows the text. Don't quote just for the sake of quoting or just to fill up space. Don't make the reader jump up and shout "Irrelevant!"
This handout presents general guidelines about the use of quotations in literary analysis:
As you choose quotations for a literary analysis, remember the purpose of quoting. Your essay develops an argument about what the author of the text is doing--how the text "works." You use quotations to support this argument; that is, you select, present, and discuss material from the text specifically to "prove" your point--to make your case--in much the same way a lawyer brings evidence before a jury. Quoting for any other purpose is counterproductive. Don't quote to "tell the story" or otherwise convey basic information about the text; assume the reader knows the text. Don't quote just for the sake of quoting or just to fill up space. Don't make the reader jump up and shout "Irrelevant!"
This handout presents general guidelines about the use of quotations in literary analysis:
TUTORIALS
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CONTEXT EVIDENCE ANALYSIS
This video tutorial (8 minutes, 13 seconds) outlines how to effectively integrate quotations using the Context (C), Evidence (E), Analysis (A) model. It provides a formula as well as examples based on a variety texts and films. Below is a copy of the PowerPoint utilized in the video. Both items were created for EDU610 Final Project. |
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