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    A truly embedded quote is absolutely necessary to the syntactical structure. The best embedded quotes usually contain an aspect of analysis. Embed a portion of a quote by introducing the author first and giving appropriate citation.

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    A truly embedded quote is absolutely necessary to the syntactical structure. The best embedded quotes usually contain an aspect of analysis. Embed a portion of a quote by introducing the author first and giving appropriate citation.

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    INTEXTCITATIONSWORKSHEET

    Toembedmeanstomakethequoteyouuseanintegralpartofthesentenceyoucompose.A
    trulyembeddedquoteisabsolutelynecessarytothesyntacticalstructure.Withoutit,the
    sentencedoesnotmakesense.Embeddingisnotsimplysupplyingattribution.Thebest
    embeddedquotesusuallycontainanaspectofanalysishoworwhythequotedpassagehas
    meaningandvaluetotheoverallthesisofawork.

    1.Embedaportionofthefollowingquotationinasentenceusingtheappropriatecitation.Make
    upapagenumberforthisexercise.
    Studentscanexpecttofindawidervarietyofoptionsavailabletothematcollegethantheyhad
    inhighschool.Theyreallyhavenoideawhatopportunitiesexistinthebigwideworld.The
    possibilitiesareendless.Smith,Snuffy.HowtoGotoCollege.Cleveland:Scribners,2005.

    A:Forexample,SnuffySmithsaidinhiswork,
    HowToGoToCollege
    ,thatstudentscanexpect
    tofindawidervarietyofoptionsavailabletothematcollegethantheyhadinhighschool.They
    reallyhavenoideawhatopportunitiesexistinthebigwideworld.Thepossibilitiesareendless.
    (Smith32).

    2.Embedaportionofthefollowingquotebyintroducingtheauthorfirstandgivingappropriate
    citationattheendofthequote.(Note:forthepurposesofthisworksheet,youmayassume
    wherethequotationcamefromwithinthepagerangegivenforeachexample.)
    Studentswhoselectcollegesbecauseofthepotentialforpartyingareoftensadlydisappointed
    whenitcomestimeforthemtoactuallybeginacareer.Mostworkplacesdonthavethatmany
    parties
    Yokum,Abner.PartyAnimalsonCampus.DeepThinker12Mar.2007:3335.

    A:Forexample,Yokumsaid:Studentswhoselectcollegesbecauseofthepotentialforpartying
    areoftensadlydisappointedwhenitcomestimeforthemtoactuallybeginacareer.(Yokum
    34).

    3.Embedtwoormoresectionsofthisquoteinapassageyoumightwriteandgiveappropriate
    citationbyusingtheellipsis()toindicatethequotationhasbeenabbreviated.
    Life,likeanypapertopic,neatlydividesitselfintothreemajorcategoriesprecollege,college
    andpostcollegeeachofwhichisdeterminedprimarilybythepeculiarfearsthatdominatethat
    stage.Ofcourse,thoseunfortunateswhonevergotocollegearecondemnedtoliveouttheir
    impoverishedlivesexperiencingonlytheprecollegeandpostcollegestages.

    Crist,StevenG.,andGeorgeMeyer,eds.CollegeandFear.TheHarvardLampoonBigBook
    ofCollegeLife.GardenCity:Dolphin,1978.6263.

    A:Forexample,StevenCristsaidthatLife...neatlydividesitselfintothreemajor
    categoriesprecollege,collegeandpostcollege(Crist62).

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