The Two Kinds of Direct Quotation
1. Separating quotations from your own writing
Thomas stated, “It is better to die than to work with the enemy.”
Or
In the first chapter of his book, Thomas revealed his feeling: “It is better to die than to work with the enemy.”
**Comma or colon and quotation marks separate citation and quotation.
**The first letter of the quotation is capitalized.
**You are distinguishing between your ideas and those of your source.
**The colon is used less frequently than the comma.
2. Integrating quotations into your sources
Thomas stated that “it is better to die than to work with the enemy.”
Thoreau warned his readers to “beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.”
**Only the quotation marks indicate that you are using someone else’s words.
**No punctuation-comma or colon-separates citation and quotation.
**The first letter of the quotation is not capitalized.
** You are integrating your ideas with those of your sources.
Direct quotation: The motorist said, “I hate all pedestrians.” This sentence is used when you want to use a source’s exact words.
Indirect quotation: The motorist said that he hated all pedestrians.
· The Historical Present Tense is almost always use when you refer to important documents (often written by s group of people, rather than a single author) that remains in force long after they were created.
The Constitution guarantees that women-and, indeed, all citizens-shall have the vote in the elections.
Which one is correct?
1. Earnest Hemingway believed that, “what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.”
2. Earnest Hemingway believed that “what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.”
1. Separating quotations from your own writing
Thomas stated, “It is better to die than to work with the enemy.”
Or
In the first chapter of his book, Thomas revealed his feeling: “It is better to die than to work with the enemy.”
**Comma or colon and quotation marks separate citation and quotation.
**The first letter of the quotation is capitalized.
**You are distinguishing between your ideas and those of your source.
**The colon is used less frequently than the comma.
2. Integrating quotations into your sources
Thomas stated that “it is better to die than to work with the enemy.”
Thoreau warned his readers to “beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.”
**Only the quotation marks indicate that you are using someone else’s words.
**No punctuation-comma or colon-separates citation and quotation.
**The first letter of the quotation is not capitalized.
** You are integrating your ideas with those of your sources.
Direct quotation: The motorist said, “I hate all pedestrians.” This sentence is used when you want to use a source’s exact words.
Indirect quotation: The motorist said that he hated all pedestrians.
· The Historical Present Tense is almost always use when you refer to important documents (often written by s group of people, rather than a single author) that remains in force long after they were created.
The Constitution guarantees that women-and, indeed, all citizens-shall have the vote in the elections.
Which one is correct?
1. Earnest Hemingway believed that, “what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.”
2. Earnest Hemingway believed that “what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.”
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