How to explain A Quote Without Saying This Quote
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If you're watching this video you're probably struggling one way or another with quoting.
In this video, we'll learn how to quote together step by step
and by the end of this video, you'll be an expert!
Yes, we can.
Hold on. Did I just quote someone?
Now there are three basic principles of quoting
The quote itself has to be surrounded by quotation marks
Cite the author correctly
so make sure you include the author's name, the year, and if it's from a book or journal,
You need the exact page number as well.
The quote also has to be identical to the original, so no changing it.
If you do end up changing it, there are a few points
you need to be aware of, which I would explain later in the video.
Of course, depending on your citation style, the citation contains different information.
In this video we'll be focusing on APA. But don't worry if you're using other styles, just check the link in the description.
We just talked about the three principles of quoting, now we're diving deeper into how to quote in a bigger picture.
Let's begin with how to introduce a quote.
There are three ways to introduce a quote. The first is with an introductory sentence.
Consider this example. You can introduce the quote with the full sentence followed by a colon.
You can also use introductory signal phrase.
Now take a look at this example.
You can use a signal phrase that mentions the author or source but doesn't form a full sentence.
In this case, you follow the phrase with the comma instead of a colon.
Of course you can also use other dialogue verbs
such as argues, claims or explains.
If you want to quote a phrase that's not a full sentence, or if it flows well with your paragraph
You can also integrate it in your own sentence as you can see from this example.
Now that we know how to introduce a quote,
let's tackle the differences between a short and a long block quote.
If the quote you want to use is less than 40 words
Remember the principles we mentioned earlier?
Quotation marks and in-text citation?
But if it's more than 40 words
instead of using quotation marks
you set the quote on a new line and indent it, so that it forms a separate block of text
Now that we've learned the basics of quoting, let's get more advanced and take a look at how quotes can be changed
Let's say you found the perfect quote, but it's a bit too long and some of the information is irrelevant so you want to take that out.
we can do that by removing words, phrases or sentences and replace them with ellipses.
that's the dot dot dot
You can also add information to a quote. If a quote is missing information that's essential for you to understand it
You can add it in square brackets
In this example, the quote uses a pronoun that refers to someone mentioned before.
But without the previous sentence, the readers might not know who that is referred to.
Then you can replace the pronoun with the person's name in brackets
If you just so happen to come across a piece of text you want to quote, but it contains some errors
In this scenario there are spelling and grammatical mistakes.
You can notice the error by adding square bracket sic after the mistake
Of course, quotes are extremely useful and often a basic requirement when you're writing a paper
with this in mind try not to go overboard with it and only use it in the following cases
Let's say you're writing a paper about the novels of a modernist author.
In this case, you'll probably have the quote frequently in order to analyze their language and style
To convince the readers of your argument, interpretation or your position on a topic,
you should include quotes that support your point.
You can quote to show that your point is supported by an authority on that topic
or to critique a position that you disagree with
For example, you've found the sentence that perfectly sums up a theory of your topic.
So you quote the author before elaborating on your understanding of that theory
And that's it for this video on how to quote.
Thanks for watching and I hope you learned something useful
For more information on quoting, check out the article in the description box below.
See you next time!
