https://padlet.com/ebach18/guszyxlza6d0 fingers crossed this is correct! en-us 2018-10-24 20:18:11 UTC 2025-11-16 01:05:37 UTC hello@padlet.com ebach18 https://padlet.com/ebach18/guszyxlza6d0/wish/296681583 When providing a quote or piece of evidence, it’s necessary to provide context beforehand. That way, the reader knows what the quote is from and can have a clear understanding of the text.

EXAMPLE: When on Pinterest the other day, I found a post that really stuck with me. It read: “Remember why you started.”

]]> 2018-10-24 20:31:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ebach18/guszyxlza6d0/wish/296681583 ebach18 https://padlet.com/ebach18/guszyxlza6d0/wish/296683424 When using a short quote, it’s important to introduce it somehow. A quote cannot be plopped straight into an essay by itself.

EXAMPLE: In the speech “Living A Scholary Life,” Bill Joliff defines a scholar as those who “follow their hearts desire: the pursuit of knowledge in response to questions of eternal significance.”]]> 2018-10-24 20:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ebach18/guszyxlza6d0/wish/296683424 ebach18 https://padlet.com/ebach18/guszyxlza6d0/wish/296683595 When writing, make sure to credit information and evidence you use to the original author. Otherwise, the reader will assume all the writing and thoughts present are completely your own (which usually isn’t the case).

EXAMPLE: The essay “Moral Bucket List,” written by David Brook, emphasized the concepts one needs in order to become a “deeply good” person. ]]> 2018-10-24 20:36:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ebach18/guszyxlza6d0/wish/296683595 ebach18 https://padlet.com/ebach18/guszyxlza6d0/wish/296686601 Quotes are great tools to use in writing. However, sometimes a quote can be missing a word or phrase that will complete its understanding. Brackets can be used to add information or words in order to help the quote make sense in the context of the writing.

EXAMPLE: The girl didn’t want to “[leave] the country, which was full of trees and fresh air.”]]> 2018-10-24 20:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ebach18/guszyxlza6d0/wish/296686601 ebach18 https://padlet.com/ebach18/guszyxlza6d0/wish/296687677 When using a quote, often we don’t want to use the entire thing, only parts of it. If omitting part of a quote, use ellipses to show that there is a break in the quote.

EXAMPLE: “But I invite you ... to live for awhile” (Joliff).]]> 2018-10-24 20:47:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ebach18/guszyxlza6d0/wish/296687677 ebach18 https://padlet.com/ebach18/guszyxlza6d0/wish/296688331 Sometimes, when a quote is used in a sentence, the grammar doesn’t match up with the writing. Use brackets to alter the grammar.

EXAMPLE: “She [was] super happy since it’s fall.”]]> 2018-10-24 20:50:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ebach18/guszyxlza6d0/wish/296688331 ebach18 https://padlet.com/ebach18/guszyxlza6d0/wish/297801766 When using a quote of extensive length, you must “block” it off. This means making the quote a new paragraph and indenting the entire thing so it has a clear, definite separation from the rest of the text. 

EXAMPLE: I read this body of text from my LIBA reader. There was a quote that stood out to me:
       Your own reality—for yourself, not for
       others.” Thinking for yourself means finding 
       yourself, finding your own reality. Here’s the 
       other problem with Facebook and Twitter 
       and even The New York Times. When you
       expose yourself to those things, especially 
       in the constant way that people do now—
       older people as well as younger people—you
       are continuously bombarding yourself with a
       stream of other people’s thoughts
       (Deresiewicz, Solitide and Leadership).
This stood out to me because of the language used and ... etc.]]> 2018-10-28 20:27:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ebach18/guszyxlza6d0/wish/297801766 ebach18 https://padlet.com/ebach18/guszyxlza6d0/wish/297802369 If you choose to use a quote that already has a quote inside it, you can use single quotes (‘) to show this. Normal quote marks (“) go around the whole thing, and single quote marks (‘) go inside. This can often involve dialogue. 

EXAMPLE: “I was watching Stranger Things when my sister screamed ‘Give it back!’ and sprinted down the hallway.”]]> 2018-10-28 20:31:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ebach18/guszyxlza6d0/wish/297802369 ebach18 https://padlet.com/ebach18/guszyxlza6d0/wish/297802914 After using a quote or paraphrase in an essay, make sure to cite in-text. Use parentheses to include the author, title of the work, and page number). 

EXAMPLE: “You are marinating yourself in the conventional wisdom. In other people’s reality: for others, not for yourself” (Deresiewicz, Solitude and Leadership, p. 11).]]> 2018-10-28 20:35:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ebach18/guszyxlza6d0/wish/297802914