Integrating Source Material and Quotes

· Start and end every ¶ with your own writing.

· Lead into each quote with your own words. (The beginning of a sentence should never be quotation marks; it should be your words.)

· Do not let quotes take over your paper. Use them to make your point and explicate them thoroughly. Explain how they enhance your point.

· Attribute! Differentiate characters from authors. Take care to acknowledge literary critics.

· If a quote is five lines or more, use block quotes.

· Use ellipses correctly to indicate when you have removed words

· Use brackets correctly to alter quotes.

· If you are including both narration and dialogue, take care to use single hash marks to indicate a quote within a quote.