Quote Integration Knowledge Check

Which of the following is a fully integrated quote?

• Hughes shows how Americans have to maintain hope that people will be treated fair and that “equality [should be] in the air we breathe” (38). All Americans deserve dignity and respect.

• The author believes that “equality [should be] in the air we breathe” (Hughes 38).

Which of the following quotes is written in MLA format?

• Some Americans believe that “Americans are struggling-squeezed by rising costs, declining wages, credit-card debt and diminished benefits.” (David page# 60).

• Some Americans believe that “Americans are struggling-squeezed by rising costs, declining wages, credit-card debt and diminished benefits” (Wallechinsky 60).

Which of the following quotes is written in MLA format?

• During the Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama stated that “there’s not a Black America and White America and Latino America and Asian America; there's the United States of America” (91). The American dream is still possible.

• During the Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama stated that, “There’s not a Black America and White America and Latino America and Asian America; there's the United States of America” (Barack #91). The American dream is still possible.

Which of the following integrated quotes has the strongest introduction?

• The American dream is believed “a dream of getting ahead painted in strokes of gold wherever we look” (Zinsser 93).There is a golden opportunity to act with compassion.

• Zinsser explains it's “a dream of getting ahead painted in strokes of gold wherever we look” (93). There is a golden opportunity to act with compassion.

Which of the following embedded quotes has the strongest introduction?

• For some Americans, achieving and maintaining their American Dream is easy, but for others “that comfortable and content lifestyle is harder to achieve and maintain” (Wallechinsky 60). The "land of the free" does not always seem simple.

• America is “that comfortable and content lifestyle is harder to achieve and maintain” (Wallechinsky 60). The "land of the free" does not always seem simple.

Which of the following is the BEST EXAMPLE of a properly integrated quote?

• In the article "Just How Close Are We to a Cashless Society," Winkler explains that giving up cash would mean that governments would have "unprecedented access to information" (5). Credit and debit cards leave easy tracks to follow.

• In the article "Just How Close Are We to a Cashless Society," "give governments unprecedented access to information" (Winkler 5). Credit and debit cards leave easy tracks to follow.

Which of the following is the BEST EXAMPLE of a properly embedded quote?

• People spend more when they use a credit card, "[cash] no longer becomes a tangible item" (Lombardo 11).

• In the article, it states, "It no longer becomes a tangible item" (Lombardo 11).

• Lombardo says, "it no longer becomes a tangible item" (Lombardo 11).

• Lombardo argues people spend more when they use a credit card because cash "no longer becomes a tangible item" (11).

You should have more analysis than evidence.

• True

• False

When you take a quote from the text, you should always use at least an entire sentence or more.

• true

• false

What is the purpose of an ellipses? (. . .)

• to signify that you have deleted words from a quote

• to signify that you have added words to a quote

• to signify that you have changed words in a quote