WRITING TIPS LESSON
EFFECTIVE QUOTATIONS
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Tip #5--Use follow-up
Remember that since you use the quotation to support your point, you must tell your reader just exactly how that quotation supported your point or provide some substantive follow-up. An effective method is to pick up a key term used in the quotation and elaborate on it to expand your point. Which of the two examples employs effective follow-up?
Tip #6--Do it right!
Use the style guidelines required for the assignment for your in-text quotations. For technical help with quotations, seek additional information about quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing at this Purdue OWL online handout, Surf the Purdue OWL site for handouts on quotations and punctuation, MLA and APA style guides, and more. Go back and review the two examples again to decide which one correctly follows a style guideline format.
Remember that since you use the quotation to support your point, you must tell your reader just exactly how that quotation supported your point or provide some substantive follow-up. An effective method is to pick up a key term used in the quotation and elaborate on it to expand your point. Which of the two examples employs effective follow-up?
Tip #6--Do it right!
Use the style guidelines required for the assignment for your in-text quotations. For technical help with quotations, seek additional information about quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing at this Purdue OWL online handout, Surf the Purdue OWL site for handouts on quotations and punctuation, MLA and APA style guides, and more. Go back and review the two examples again to decide which one correctly follows a style guideline format.
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Copyright Ida L. Rodgers, 2004
Updated February 3, 2012
Updated February 3, 2012