WeavingQuotesWorksheetOne

Note:Ingeneral,avoidleavingquotesassentencesuntothemselves.Evenifyouhave
providedacontextforthequote,aquotestandingalonecandisrupttheflowofyourpaper.
Forexample:
AtticuspromptsScouttoconsidertheformativenatureofonespersonalexperiences.You
neverreallyunderstandapersonuntilyouconsiderthingsfromhispointofview(Lee17).
(Isolated,thequotesconnectiontotheprecedingsentenceremainsambiguous.)

WaystoEffectivelyIntegrateQuotes
Leadintothequotewithacolon.

AtticuspromptsScouttoconsiderthe
determinativenatureofonespersonal
experiences:Youneverreallyknowa
person...Untilyouclimbinsidehisskinand
walkaroundinit(Lee17).

AtticuspromptsScouttoconsiderthe
formativenatureofonespersonal
attributingittothespeaker.Ifyourattribution experiences.Headmonishes,Younever
reallyknowapersonuntilyouconsider
precedesthequote,youwillneedtousea
thingsfromhispointofview...Untilyouclimb
commaaftertheverb.
insidehisskinandwalkaroundinit(Lee
17).
Introduceorconcludethequoteby

Usethewordsofthequotegrammatically
withinyourownquote.

WhenAtticusremindsScoutthatYou
neverreallyknowaperson...untilyouclimb
insidehisskinandwalkaroundinit(Lee17)
heindicatestheimplausibilityofeverfully
comprehendinganotherpersons
motivations.
Youneverreallyknowapersonuntilyou
considerthingsfromhispointofview,
Atticusdeclares,Untilyouclimbinsidehis
skinandwalkaroundinit(Lee17).

Interruptthequotewithanattributiontothe
speaker.Again,youwillneedtousea
commaaftertheverb,aswellasacomma
leadingintotheattribution.