Embedding Quotes

Mark all that apply. What are the bare minimum things you need to include when you're using quotes from a source?

• The author/speaker's name

• A description of the author's credentials

• A punctuation mark

• An introductory phrase

• Quotation marks around your direct quotes

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TEKS.ELA.E1.5A

TEKS.ELA.E3.4I

TEKS.ELA.ISJ.1C

TEKS.ELA.LG.5B

TEKS.ELA.RI.6B

True or false: It's okay to drop in a quote all by itself, without any of your own words before.

• True

• False

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TEKS.ELA.E1.11H

TEKS.ELA.E2.11H

TEKS.ELA.E3.11H

TEKS.ELA.E4.11H

TEKS.MATH.8.8C

If an author's name is indicated earlier in the sentence, that name does not need to appear in the parenthetical cite.

• generally true

• generally false

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TEKS.ELA.CR.1A

TEKS.ELA.E3.11E

TEKS.ELA.E4.11E

TEKS.ELA.E4.11G.I

TEKS.ELA.J.3C

Eckels learns that, "If Deutscher had gotten in, we'd have the worst kind of dictatorship" (Bradbury 1).

• Correct

• Incorrect

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TEKS.ELA.E1.11H

TEKS.ELA.E2.11H

TEKS.ELA.E3.11H

TEKS.ELA.E4.11H

TEKS.MATH.8.8C

Bradbury writes "If Deutscher had gotten in, we'd have the worst kind of dictatorship." (1).

• Correct

• Incorrect

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TEKS.ELA.7.8A

TEKS.ELA.8.8A

When warning Eckels about the rules of the trip, Travis declares, "The stomp of your foot, on one mouse, could start an earthquake" (Bradbury 3).

• Correct

• Incorrect

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TEKS.ELA.7.8A

TEKS.ELA.8.8A

At the end of the story, Eckels doesn't want to accept the consequences of his mistake in stepping off the path, "Killing one butterfly couldn't be that important! Could it?" (Bradbury 9).

• Correct

• Incorrect

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TEKS.ELA.7.8A

TEKS.ELA.8.8A

Once they encounter the T-Rex, Eckels regrets going on the safari: "We were fools to come. This is impossible" (Bradbury 6)

• Correct

• Incorrect

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TEKS.ELA.7.8A

TEKS.ELA.8.8A

Which in-text citation is formatted correctly?

• "Darwin pointed out that nature would have to stop overpopulation" (Kurlansky pp 55).

• "Darwin pointed out that nature would have to stop overpopulation (Kurlansky 55)."

• "Darwin pointed out that nature would have to stop overpopulation." (Kurlansky 55)

• "Darwin pointed out that nature would have to stop overpopulation" (Kurlansky 55).

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TEKS.ELA.E1.11G.II

TEKS.ELA.E1.5E

TEKS.ELA.E2.5E

TEKS.ELA.E3.11E

TEKS.ELA.E3.5A

Which piece of evidence could be used to BEST support this claim:

High school students should be required to wear uniforms.

• When adding everything up, a school uniform could end up costing more than $200.

• A student reported, "Allowing us to wear our own clothes gives us a chance to show our unique style and independence."

• At one school that recently required students to wear uniforms, attendence rates went up, and behavior incidents went down.

• School uniforms can be ordered online .

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TEKS.ELA.8.6I

TEKS.ELA.CR.4F

TEKS.ELA.E1.4F

TEKS.ELA.E2.5C E3.5C

TEKS.ELA.RI.5C