Embedding Quotations in a Sentence

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Embedding Quotations in a Sentence
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Each piece of quoted material in a paragraph must
have a transition that gives the context and
background for that quote.
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Embedding quotations using transition helps
quoted material flow naturally and coherently
into your paragraph.
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Example (transition is in bold) While
traveling on a bus, the author is Heart-filled,
head-filled with glee (2).
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When written properly, the reader should not be
able to hear where the quotation marks are when
the sentence is read aloud.
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A properly embedded quotation creates a seamless
transition from the background information to the
quoted material.
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When done poorly, the transition is choppy,
incomplete, and predictable.
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Poor example This is shown by And he was no
whit bigger (6).
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The prior example does not make sense when read
aloud. Every sentence in a paragraph must make
sense, regardless of whether or not it contains
quoted material.
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You may need to change words within your quote so
that the sentence is grammatically correct and is
coherent.
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When changing words in a sentence indicate the
change by placing brackets around the
change in the word or the changed word.
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To omit words in the middle of a long quote, use
ellipses ()
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Example The other boy called me Nigger. /
Thats all that I remember (8-12).
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Notice, anytime you change or add something in a
quote, you must use a bracket to indicate your
change. In this case, the original lines 9
through 11 were omitted and were represented by
.
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Those lines were omitted because the purpose was
to show the event and the consequence.
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How to create a good transition into a quotation

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1) give background and context for all quoted
material -- what is happening, who is speaking
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2) only use the most important part of the quote
(for a short paper, ideally less than 10 words)
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3) read your sentence aloud--can you hear the
quotation marks? You shouldnt.
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4) change word tense if necessary, and omit
unnecessary words and phrases use ellipses and
brackets to indicate your changes
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Write a transition of your own using the
following quote from Tableau on lines 5-8
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From lowered blinds the dark folk stare, / And
here the fair folk talk, / Indignant that these
two should dare / In unison to walk (5-8).