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Answer each of the following on a sheet of paper:

1. Why should direct quotes be used in researchbased essays? To provide you with credibility as a writer. Remember no one cares what students have to say!

T/F A quoted sentence should never stand by itself.

True Avoid freestanding quotations! Various people associated with the university admit that the pressures of athleticism have caused a relaxation of standards. These gentry often overlook the fact that a college should not be interested in a fullback who is a half-wit (Hutchins). But this kind of thinking is bad for the university and even worse for the athletes.

Incorporating quotations
Quote only the part of the sentence or paragraph that you need!!! Incorporate the quotation into the flow of your own sentence.
Robert Hutchins, former president of the University of Chicago, asserts that a college should not be interested in a fullback who is a half-wit.

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3. When should a parenthetical (in-text citation) be used? When using a direct quotation When paraphrasing or summarizing information that isnt common knowledge

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4. If not using an attributive tag, what information should appear in the parenthetical? (author last name page number) (Stanko 7)

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5. If using an attributive tag, what information should appear in the parenthetical (if available)? Page number Stanko said that correctly citing information is imperative (7).

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6. If using an attributive tag, what information should appear in the parenthetical if the source is an online source without page numbers?
Nothing...do not use a parenthetical in that case The CCAC website state that this spring, a 5 weeks construction project is planned.

7. When should a block quote be used?

When a quotation takes up four or more lines in your essay.

7. What is the set-up for a block quote (what does it look like)?
Write a complete sentence leading up to and introducing the quote. End this sentence with a colon (:). Double indent the block quotation. Do not use quotation marks. At the end of the block quotation, place a period. Then type the parenthetical.

Block Quotation example

Nelly Dean treats Heathcliff poorly and dehumanizes him throughout her narration: They entirely refused to have it in bed with them, or even in their room, and I had no more sense, so, I put it on the landing of the stairs, hoping it would be gone on the morrow. By chance, or else attracted by hearing his voice, it crept to Mr. Earnshaw's door, and there he found it on quitting his chamber. Inquiries were made as to how it got there; I was obliged to confess, and in recompense for my cowardice and inhumanity was sent out of the house. (Bronte 78)

Block Quotation example

Link to Block Quotation example in case spacing is goofy on previous slide https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/7 47/03/

Explanation of why block quotations are used

In the first centuries of typesetting, quotations were distinguished merely by indicating the speaker, and this can still be seen in some editions of the Bible. During the Renaissance, quotations were distinguished by setting in a typeface contrasting with the main body text (often Italic type with roman, or the other way round). Block quotations were set this way at full size and full measure. Quotation marks were first cut in type during the middle of the sixteenth century, and were used copiously by some printers by the seventeenth. In Baroque and Romanticperiod books, they could be repeated at the beginning of every line of a long quotation. When this practice was abandoned, the empty margin remained, leaving an indented block quotation.[1]