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CPN 100 — Writing Studies I

CPN 100 — Writing Studies I. Using Quotations. CPN 100 — Writing Studies I. Quotations in your essay should be punctuated correctly (see sections 34b and 49j in Universal Keys for Writers ). CPN 100 — Writing Studies I.

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CPN 100 — Writing Studies I

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  1. CPN 100 — Writing Studies I Using Quotations

  2. CPN 100 — Writing Studies I Quotations in your essay should be • punctuated correctly (see sections 34b and 49j in Universal Keys for Writers)

  3. CPN 100 — Writing Studies I Rowe (2009) writes/says/claims,“There is something lonely about a wired world”(p. 93). I agree with Rowe (2009) when he claims that “there is something lonely about a wired world”(p. 93). It is true that “there is something lonely about a wired world” (Rowe, 2009, p. 93).

  4. CPN 100 — Writing Studies I original (from Dyson): Aside from being unconstitutional, using censorship to counter indecency and other troubling “speech” fundamentally misunderstands the nature of cyberspace.

  5. CPN 100 — Writing Studies I quoted: Dyson (2009) argues that “using censorship to counter indecency and other troubling ‘speech’ fundamentally misunderstands the nature of cyberspace” (p. 25). (see section 34d in Universal Keys for Writers)

  6. CPN 100 — Writing Studies I • accurate (i.e., no words left out or put in) • If you do omit words from within the quotation, put in ellipses ( . . . )

  7. CPN 100 — Writing Studies I original wording from the Declaration of Independence: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness quoted: The Declaration of Independence states that “life . . . and the pursuit of happiness” are our right.

  8. CPN 100 — Writing Studies I • If you do add words, put them in brackets. original wording from the Declaration of Independence: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness quoted: The Declaration of Independence states that “life [and] liberty” are our right.

  9. CPN 100 — Writing Studies I • smoothly integrated into your text • Quotations must fit the sentence topically and grammatically (see pp. 685-686 of Universal Keys for Writers) • Quotations ought to be introduced in some way.

  10. CPN 100 — Writing Studies I poor style: Your text. “Quoted material” (Smith, 2009, p. 1). Your text. “More quoted material” (Smith, 2009, pp. 10-11). better: Your text. As Smith (2009) says, “Quoted material” (p. 1). Your text, and “more quoted material” (Smith, 2009, pp. 10-11).

  11. CPN 100 — Writing Studies I Other ways to introduce quotations are through the use of signal phrases (also called lead-ins).

  12. CPN 100 — Writing Studies I Smith (2009) says it nicely: “Yadda yadda yadda” (p. 1). Smith (2009) is outraged by such attitudes: “Yadda yadda yadda” (pp. 10-11). Smith (2009) puts it best: “Yadda yadda yadda” (p. 20).

  13. CPN 100 — Writing Studies I Be careful when editing quotations in Microsoft Word: ⇒

  14. CPN 100 — Writing Studies I ⇒ two “closing quotation marks” added, not a closing quotation mark followed by an “opening quotation mark” as required here ⇒ the incorrect second closing quotation mark remains even after inserting a word before it (note that the error is also flagged by Word’s grammar checker)

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