In-text Citations:
Want to use 1-3 quotes per paragraph.
Sandwich Your Quotes
1.) Lead into and out of them
a. Set up the quote (here’s something important)
b. Quote the quote and cite it
c. EXPLAIN why the quote is significant/important/relevant
2.) Don’t start or end paragraphs with quotes.
What Citations Should Look Like
Leading into quote, “Something brilliant” (Hunt 276).
Hunt said, “Something brilliant” (276) and it was totally awesome.
Hunt said something brilliant (276), and it was totally awesome.
PUNCTUATION ON THE OUTSIDE!!!!
If you quote someone that was quoted in the essay you read, here's how to cite that:
Ravitch argues that high schools are pressured to act as "Social service centers, and they don't do that well" (qtd. in Weisman 259).
Quotes longer than 3 typed lines use a block quote. Or, edit.
Some OWL links:
Citations
Block Quotes
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