14.3: Basic Guidelines for Quoting
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\(\newcommand{\avec}{\mathbf a}\) \(\newcommand{\bvec}{\mathbf b}\) \(\newcommand{\cvec}{\mathbf c}\) \(\newcommand{\dvec}{\mathbf d}\) \(\newcommand{\dtil}{\widetilde{\mathbf d}}\) \(\newcommand{\evec}{\mathbf e}\) \(\newcommand{\fvec}{\mathbf f}\) \(\newcommand{\nvec}{\mathbf n}\) \(\newcommand{\pvec}{\mathbf p}\) \(\newcommand{\qvec}{\mathbf q}\) \(\newcommand{\svec}{\mathbf s}\) \(\newcommand{\tvec}{\mathbf t}\) \(\newcommand{\uvec}{\mathbf u}\) \(\newcommand{\vvec}{\mathbf v}\) \(\newcommand{\wvec}{\mathbf w}\) \(\newcommand{\xvec}{\mathbf x}\) \(\newcommand{\yvec}{\mathbf y}\) \(\newcommand{\zvec}{\mathbf z}\) \(\newcommand{\rvec}{\mathbf r}\) \(\newcommand{\mvec}{\mathbf m}\) \(\newcommand{\zerovec}{\mathbf 0}\) \(\newcommand{\onevec}{\mathbf 1}\) \(\newcommand{\real}{\mathbb R}\) \(\newcommand{\twovec}[2]{\left[\begin{array}{r}#1 \\ #2 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\ctwovec}[2]{\left[\begin{array}{c}#1 \\ #2 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\threevec}[3]{\left[\begin{array}{r}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\cthreevec}[3]{\left[\begin{array}{c}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\fourvec}[4]{\left[\begin{array}{r}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \\ #4 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\cfourvec}[4]{\left[\begin{array}{c}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \\ #4 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\fivevec}[5]{\left[\begin{array}{r}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \\ #4 \\ #5 \\ \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\cfivevec}[5]{\left[\begin{array}{c}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \\ #4 \\ #5 \\ \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\mattwo}[4]{\left[\begin{array}{rr}#1 \amp #2 \\ #3 \amp #4 \\ \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\laspan}[1]{\text{Span}\{#1\}}\) \(\newcommand{\bcal}{\cal B}\) \(\newcommand{\ccal}{\cal C}\) \(\newcommand{\scal}{\cal S}\) \(\newcommand{\wcal}{\cal W}\) \(\newcommand{\ecal}{\cal E}\) \(\newcommand{\coords}[2]{\left\{#1\right\}_{#2}}\) \(\newcommand{\gray}[1]{\color{gray}{#1}}\) \(\newcommand{\lgray}[1]{\color{lightgray}{#1}}\) \(\newcommand{\rank}{\operatorname{rank}}\) \(\newcommand{\row}{\text{Row}}\) \(\newcommand{\col}{\text{Col}}\) \(\renewcommand{\row}{\text{Row}}\) \(\newcommand{\nul}{\text{Nul}}\) \(\newcommand{\var}{\text{Var}}\) \(\newcommand{\corr}{\text{corr}}\) \(\newcommand{\len}[1]{\left|#1\right|}\) \(\newcommand{\bbar}{\overline{\bvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\bhat}{\widehat{\bvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\bperp}{\bvec^\perp}\) \(\newcommand{\xhat}{\widehat{\xvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\vhat}{\widehat{\vvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\uhat}{\widehat{\uvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\what}{\widehat{\wvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\Sighat}{\widehat{\Sigma}}\) \(\newcommand{\lt}{<}\) \(\newcommand{\gt}{>}\) \(\newcommand{\amp}{&}\) \(\definecolor{fillinmathshade}{gray}{0.9}\)Whenever you use another author’s words within your writing, you must put quotation marks around the author’s words, whether you are using a full sentence or a selected chunk of words. Doing so is academic. Not doing so is plagiarism.
Each quote that you use should be part of a sentence that you write. Introduce each quote with a tag (attribution phrase) or make the quote part of your sentence.
The tag (attribution phrase) that you use to introduce a quote can come before, after, or in the middle of the quote.
Use present tense verbs in your attribution phrases.
You may use all or part(s) of quotes, but be sure that the way you are using or cutting a quote does not alter the author’s intended meaning. Do not take the original author’s words out of context.
Analyze or discuss each quote. Don’t just plunk the quotes in there. Choose quotes that you want to use and use them as part of your argument.
When the quote is introduced as dialogue (as in They say, “. . .”), begin the quote with a capital letter and use a comma after the tag.
When the quote is introduced with that (as in She says that “. . .”) or flows as part of your sentence, begin the quote with a lower case letter and do not use a comma before the quotation marks. This way you are continuing the flow of your sentence.
If what you are quoting was not said/written by the author but by someone else whom the author is quoting, be sure to attribute the quote appropriately.
Use single quotes inside of double quotes if there is a quote within what you are quoting. What was originally in double quotes will now be in single quotes.
The quote should be part of a complete sentence that you write.
The grammar in your complete sentence must be correct.
The quote, including capitalization and punctuation, must be exactly as the
author wrote it.
If it is not possible for you to have correct grammar in your sentence and to
keep the quote exactly as written, use square brackets to indicate any changes – including changes in capitalization – that you have to make.
Use ellipses to indicate a section that you cut.
Use three dots with spaces in between. No dot should be directly
next to a letter unless that dot is a period at the end of a sentence.
Use four dots only if one of the dots is a period at the end of a
sentence.
In the U.S., punctuation goes inside quotation marks unless there is a reason to put the punctuation outside.
“Do you like chocolate ice cream?” he asked.
Did she say, “Yes, I adore chocolate ice cream”?
Use appropriate in-text citations and include a Works Cited page.
Have fun experimenting!
Quote Selections
Beyond wage concerns, the United States’ fast fashion industry transfers its environmental waste problems to other countries and thus creates additional humanitarian issues (548).
Social media use has been shown to positively correlate with time and money spent shopping online, and as media use continues to increase so do the sales of fast fashion brands (543).
Even in 2017, 41 percent of women between the ages of eighteen to twenty-five “felt pressure to wear a different outfit every time they went out.” Social media preys on these pressures and insecurities by targeting consumers virtually anywhere at virtually any time (543).
- Alexandra Bernard, “The Hidden Costs Behind Cheap Clothing”
Samples of Quote Use
Bernard writes, “Social media use has been shown to positively correlate with time and money spent shopping online” (543).
“Social media use has been shown to positively correlate with time and money spent shopping online,” writes Bernard (543).
“Social media use,” writes Bernard, “has been shown to positively correlate with time and money spent shopping online” (543).
“[T]he United States’ fast fashion industry transfers its environmental waste problems to other countries,” which, argues Bernard, “creates additional humanitarian issues” (548).
“Beyond wage concerns, the United States’ fast fashion industry . . . creates additional humanitarian issues” when companies send textile wastes abroad (Bernard, 548).
When companies send textile wastes abroad, explains Bernard, “the United States’ fast fashion industry . . . creates additional humanitarian issues” (548).
Bernard writes, “Even in 2017, 41 percent of women between the ages of eighteen to twenty-five ‘felt pressure to wear a different outfit every time they went out’” and says that “[s]ocial media preys on these pressures and insecurities” (543).
Bernard writes that “[e]ven in 2017, 41 percent of women between the ages of eighteen to twenty-five ‘felt pressure to wear a different outfit every time they went out’” and says, “[S]ocial media preys on these pressures and insecurities” (543).