How to make an InText Citation Sandwich

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How to make an In-Text Citation Sandwich
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Two Types of Citations

• MLA Works Cited Citation
• 2. MLA In-Text Citation

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MLA Work Cited Citation

• A MLA Work Cited citation goes in your Works
  Cited page (aka bibliography) in the back of your
  essay. For example
• Coontz, Stephanie. Family Myths, Family
  Relatives. Salon 12 Dec. 1997. 3 Feb. 2007
  http//www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1997.

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In-Text Citation

• An In-Text Citation is used as a direct quote,
  story, fact, statistic that you are referencing
  within your essay. In-Text Citations always refer
  to a source that is referenced in your Works
  Cited page. For Example
• One author claims that no one is concerned with
  this issue, you dork (Jones, 45).

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How to use quotes In-Text Citation Sandwich

• Setup Explain who is saying the quote, and set
  up how you plan to use it.
• Quote Make sure that youre quoting enough of
  the passage so that you dont take it out of
  context dont cut off sentences, or misquote
  anyone.
• Analysis It is important that you
• -justify why you are using the quote.
• -explain how the quote connects to the thesis.

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Why do we use quotes/textual evidence?

• Grounds the argument (not I believe argument).
• Provides neutral ground to show your reader how
  youve interpreted the author shows your
  reasoning.
• Gives you evidence to analyze.
• Allows you to address the author without
  summarizing.
• Demonstrates your analysis skills.

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Setting Up a Quote

• Introduce who is saying the passage
• Tell the reader the author and title
• Explain the context of the quote with a brief
  summary of the plot.
• Give the reader a preview of the lens you are
  using to examine the quote.

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Which quotes to use or avoid

• Quotes have to be chosen purposefully that
  support your argument.
• Pick quotes that further your point, not restate
  your argument.
• Take a risk choose a quote that may be
  complicated, one that you may disagree with, or
  interpreted in an unusual way.

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In this example please identify the set-up,
quote, and analysis

• Social historian Richard Sennett names the
  tendency to come to terms with difficult
  experiences a "purification process" whereby
  "threatening or painful dissonances are warded
  off to preserve intact a clear and articulated
  image of oneself and ones place in the world"
  (11). Sennett argues that humans need to purify
  there past trauma through the way they project
  themselves to the outside world.

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In this example please identify the set-up,
quote, and analysis

• Social historian Richard Sennett names the
  tendency to come to terms with difficult
  experiences a "purification process" whereby
  "threatening or painful dissonances are warded
  off to preserve intact a clear and articulated
  image of oneself and ones place in the world"
  (11). Sennett argues that humans need to purify
  there past trauma through the way they project
  themselves to the outside world.

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Remember the importance of Transitions

• Transitions are like gears in a car, they help
  you shift from one paragraph to the next.
• Here is a list of common transition words And,
  in addition to, furthermore, moreover, besides,
  than, too, also, both-and, another, equally
  important, first, second, etc

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When transitioning from one paragraph to the next
read the last sentence of paragraph 1, add your
transition, and connect it to the topic sentence
in paragraph 2.

• EXAMPLE
• Paragraph 1 The football incident is important
  in the story because it demonstrates the major
  conflict between Lucy and Charlie Brown.
• Transition Like the conflict about the football,
  another literary device that is important in
  Peanuts cartoon is the refrain of Good Grief.
• Paragraph 2 One of the famous lines uttered by
  Charlie Brown is the phrase Good Grief.
  Whenever he is frustrated or feels he is cheated
  in life he utters Good Grief.

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Summary

• Set-Up the Quote What is the context of the
  quote?
• Evidence The Quote Itself.
• Analysis How does the quote connect to your
  thesis?
• Transition Connecting one paragraph to the next.

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