Quote Accurately from a Text

How can direct quotes enhance the credibility of your writing?

• Using direct quotes shows a lack of original thought and weakens the writing.

• Direct quotes provide evidence from reputable sources, experts, or primary texts, adding authority and validity to the writing.

• Direct quotes make the writing less believable by relying on external sources.

• Direct quotes are unnecessary and clutter the writing with irrelevant information.

How can direct quotes help support your arguments in an essay?

• Direct quotes can confuse the reader and weaken the argument.

• Direct quotes can support arguments in an essay by providing evidence and credibility.

• Direct quotes are not relevant in supporting arguments in an essay.

• Direct quotes can be omitted as they add unnecessary length to the essay.

When quoting from a text:

• Copy the exact words that are in the text.

• Give the page number that the quote is from.

• Use quotation marks ("quote") to show the words that have come word for word from the text.

• If using "he said," or "it says," for example, put a comma After the quotation mark.

• If using "he said," or "I said," for example, put a comma Before the quotation marks.

Choose the correct use of Supporting Evidence or Quote from the Text

• "I chastised myself for bringing the girls to swim in the river all summer long." page 6

• On page 173 Pita said, "His name is Charrito."

• You don't have to do all that. She Said, I am not a big baby.

When you directly quote a text, you must...

• skip some words and put in quotation marks

• use the author's exact words and put them in quotation marks

• include the following phrase: 'I am quoting the following' and put it in quotation marks

Quoting means...

• To copy a source with no changes

• To copy the source's ideas but not the exact words

• To copy the source with some slight changes

• To copy a source but in your own words

What is text evidence?

• An answer to the question

• My paraphrased version of tghe article

• A word-for-word quote from a passage

• My opinion of the article

Select all correct answers that make appropriate sentence starters when you're citing evidence

• Because of this...

• The author states...

• In conclusion...

• This means...

• According to the text...

When quoting evidence directly from the text, the quoted text should go...

• at the beginning of the sentence

• in the middle of the sentence

• at the end of the sentence

• any of these would work

What is the primary purpose of quoting accurately from a text?

• To provide personal opinions

• To add length to the writing

• To support arguments with evidence

• To confuse the reader