Step 2: All the good stuff!
Step 2: All the good stuff!
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Quotation + Citation!
After you have introduced your quote with a signal phrase or marker verb add in your quote.
To guarantee that your reader clearly follows your reading, you should introduce your quotes with a signal phrase or marker verb rather than simply plopping the quote down.
To guarantee that your reader clearly follows your reading, you should introduce your quotes with a signal phrase or marker verb rather than simply plopping the quote down.
If you add in a quote without any sort of introduction, your reader may not understand how the quote connects to your paragraph even if it makes sense to you (think of it as a similar to a random thought in a conversation.
If you add in a quote without any sort of introduction, your reader may not understand how the quote connects to your paragraph even if it makes sense to you (think of it as a similar to a random thought in a conversation.
Signal Phrases:
- According to ...
- In her article ...
- In my opinion of ...
- (Author's name) shows that ...
- (Author's name) argues that ...
- (Author's name) + (a marker verb from below)
Marker Verbs
- Acknowledges, Writes, Admits
- Agrees, Adds, Asserts
- Believes, Argues, Comments
- Compares, Claims, Declares
- Denies, Confirms, Emphasizes
- Endorses, Disputes, Illustrates
- Implies, Grants, Notes
- Observes, Insists, Reasons
- Refutes, Points out, Reports
- Responds, Rejects, Thinks, Suggests
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