Welcome to Blog V! After reading, "Annoying Ways People Use Sources" by Kyle Stedman, I was taken back to my dreaded AP Lang class in high school. There have been too many times where my teacher, Mr. Willsey, has criticized my writing because of a weirdly, out of place, or unnecessary quote I've added in a literature review. After a whole year of that class, I truly feel my writing and interpretation of when to use quotes changed completely.

Before that class, I wouldn't introduce sources and would simply not give any value to the effort that the author gave in their writing. Stedman accurately described the importance of introducing quotes and strategically placing them in proper situations to aid the the flow of ones' writing.

Guidance! Guidance is important and Stedman analyzed the importance of allowing the reader to know the context of the quote, when inserted. For example, Stedman claims that one should "consider taking the time to surround each quotation with guidance to your readers about what you want them to think about that quote" (Stedman 248). One cannot and should not simply insert a quote without providing guidance to interpret the quote. Quotes can be interpreted in many different ways dependent on how the quoter guides the reader to interpret the quote.

This was a fun and engaging article! Stedman took a humorous approach in providing a critical analysis of the use of quotes in literature.