Quoting for an essay help
So, how do you quote a sentence that is not being spoken by anyone in a novel?
ex: John said, "......" (p._).
If there is no speaker, would you say something like
The author writes, "....." (p._)
?
I'm not sure how to explain it, this is to the best of my abilities >:
December 7, 2011
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[quote=Frozenvarice]To clarify, I'm referring to the "The author writes" part, is that a proper way to introduce the quote into the paragraph?[/quote]
Are you kidding me? I just wrote a long as post with various examples from my essays of Hard times by Charles ____ens, but filter wiped it all out....
Anyway, in summary
Work quotes into the middle of sentences
Try not to use "[author] writes..." or "[author] uses the words/phrase..." too often.
Semicolons can help a lot when trying to work quotations into sentences
longer quotations are harder to use effectively in sentences
use lists/fragments quoations especially when writing about imagery (if writing about literature/poetry)
The author alludes to
makes note of
describes
etc.
To clarify, I'm referring to the "The author writes" part, is that a proper way to introduce the quote into the paragraph?
It doesn't matter
You still use " " double speech marks for both words of a character in a novel or the narrator of the novel.
"John said,'Blah blah, notice how its only one ' thingy,'" (Herp 42).
"John said,'Blah blah.' Derp was cool about it," (Herp 86).
that help?
If its "the author writes" then its coming from the author's words so you do quote it and cite the source.