Saturday, September 19, 2015

Practicing Quoting

Using another person's idea within your own writing requires a proper citation so that person can receive the credit they deserve. This blog post includes a screenshot of a paragraph where I introduce two quotes with differing claims in a proper format.

Wieder, Tobin "Screenshot for 'Practicing Quoting' Blog Post" 9/19/2015 via GoogleDocs.

The following key explains the meaning of each color highlighted:

Signal phrases

Establishing authority

Putting source in effective context

Ellipses and brackets

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