Dropped quotes are partial phrases taken from the middle of a piece of text. Dropped quotes are comprised of only a few words and give no direction as to who the speaker is or the content it’s referring to. These must always be introduced within a sentence, and cannot comprise a complete sentence on their own.
Example: As Rembrandt’s skill developed, he began painting landscapes that are “romantic and visionary” (Wallace 96).
2. FULL SENTENCE QUOTES
As the name implies, full sentence quotes are created by quoting complete sentences that take up less than 4 lines. Although these are complete sentences, they cannot be used as stand-alone sentences in your paper. Introduce them with an additional complete sentence or a signal phrase.
Example: Over the course of time Rembrandt’s work began to change and focus on different themes, but as Wallace points out: "Rembrandt’s great gift as an etcher lay in preserving a sense of spontaneity while scrupulously attending to close detail” (142).
Example: As Wallace states, “Rembrandt’s great gift as an etcher lay in preserving a sense of spontaneity while scrupulously attending to close detail” (142).
3. INDIRECT QUOTES
Indirect quotes, or paraphrasing, is when you use a sentence from a source but change the wording slightly into your own words. This is useful if you’ve too many direct quotes, or full sentence quotes, in your paper. Be careful to avoid plagiarism though by changing at least 50% of the sentence.
- Change the structure of the sentence by moving parts around. You can use a thesaurus to exchange words with synonyms.
- Paraphrasing should only be done if you are certain that you understand the content you are copying. If you are unclear as to the meaning of the quote, you won’t be able to put it adequately into your own words.
- When you write your paraphrase, don’t look at the quote. Keep the meaning in your head and create a new sentence to match.
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