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Essay Reminders

Essay Reminders. 12 Academic Slaughterhouse-five. Parts of an Introduction. Quote Integration. The quote you are using should be relevant and illustrate your point. All quotes must be Introduced Skillfully incorporated Expanded/explained Cited. Introducing and Incorporating a Quote.

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Essay Reminders

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  1. Essay Reminders 12 Academic Slaughterhouse-five

  2. Parts of an Introduction

  3. Quote Integration • The quote you are using should be relevant and illustrate your point. • All quotes must be • Introduced • Skillfully incorporated • Expanded/explained • Cited

  4. Introducing and Incorporating a Quote • Introduce a quote with a sentence and a colon. • Scout finally realizes that the unfair verdict is a result of the unjust prejudices of the people of Maycomb: “ Tom was a dead man the minute MayellaEwell opened her mouth and screamed” (Lee 323).

  5. Introducing and Incorporating a Quote • Use an introductory or explanatory phrase followed by a comma. • When explaining the confrontation that he has with Bob Ewell after the trial, Atticus states, “I destroyed his last shred of credibility at the trial, if he had any to begin with” (Lee 292).

  6. Introducing and Incorporating a Quote • Make the quotation part of your own sentence. This is what you should be striving for when incorporating quotes. • In the end, however, Scout comes to the realization that the people of Maycomb are unjust and that it is a direct result of the “secret courts of men’s hearts” that “Atticus had no case” (Lee 241). If you choose the option above, you may have to change something in the original text to make the quote fit in your sentence. To do this place the change in brackets [ ].

  7. Expanding on a Quote Do’s Don’t expand on how the quote ties into the assertion you are making – go beyond paraphrasing and analyze. relate your explanation to your thesis. repeat what the quote says or merely paraphrase it. explain the quote by saying “this quote shows.” narrate your essay. You should avoid saying things like “this quote is included to prove my thesis.”

  8. In-text Citations - MLA • In-text citations go at the end of the sentence and contain the author’s last name and page number. • In the end, however, Scout comes to the realization that the people of Maycomb are unjust and that it is a direct result of the “secret courts of men’s hearts” that “Atticus had no case” (Lee 323).

  9. Works Cited • A Works Cited page will be unnecessary for this essay because all quotes are from the same book and no research is involved.

  10. Conclusion Should follow a “narrow to broad” format Should restate the thesis in some way. DO NOT SIMPLY REPEAT! Should provide summary statements of the main ideas in the essay Try to offer a lesson to be learned from the topic of the essay or provide some sort of real-life connection. Leave the reader with some food for thought.

  11. Reminders • Write in literary present tense • Be sure to use transition words to smoothly transition between ideas • Avoid 1st (I, me, my, we, ours, us) and 2nd person pronouns (you) • DO NOT define literary devices – I am your audience • Avoid weak phrasing/words: a lot, nice, big, sad, very, etc. • DO NOT start a sentence with: I am going to defend this, I will show examples, That quote shows • Be authoritative – write in a confident voice. Do not use words or phrases like: It seems, I think or I believe, The character might be • DO NOT use contractions • Use MLA formatting

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