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1、SHSENGLISHDEPARTMENTGUIDETOBLENDINGQUOTATIONSAcommonfaultofstudentpapersistheabsenceofsmoothtransitionsfromtexttoquotation.Itisnotenoughtoweavequotationsintoyourpaperunlessyoualwaysleadsmoothlyintothequotationandexplainitsrelevancetothemainidea.Considerthefol
2、lowingreferencestosomeofyourshortstories.Poor:Thefollowinglacksanintroductiontothequotationorhasaweakone,andtheexplanationismissingorvague.Thenarrator’swifein“Cathedral”dealtwithasarcastichusband.“MaybeIcouldtakehimbowling”(Carver457).Thisquoteisfrompage457in
3、Carver’sstory.“MaybeIcouldtakehimbowling.”Thisshowsthatthenarrator’swifein“Cathedral”hadtodealwithasarcastichusband.Better:Thequotationisnowmoresmoothlyintroduced,itsspeakerisidentifiedinthetext,anditprovidesabriefexplanation.Thenarratorin“Cathedral”wasinsens
4、itiveandsarcastictowardshiswife’sfriend.“MaybeIcouldtakehimbowling”(Carver457).Hissuggestionlackssensitivity.Best:Thequotationissmoothlyintroduced,thespeakerisidentifiedinthetext,thesituationinwhichitisspokenismentioned,anditprovidesanin-depthexplanation.Then
5、arratorin“Cathedral”wasaninsensitiveperson.WhenhelearnsthatRobert,hiswife’sblindfriend,iscomingforanovernightvisit,hesarcasticallydeclares,“MaybeIcouldtakehimbowling”(Carver457).HislackofsensitivitytowardsRobertisapparentsincebowlingisnotlikelyanactivitythata
6、blindpersonengagesin.Notethatinthebestexample,theword“declares”isusedinsteadof“says.”Itiseasytosay“hesaid,”butgoodwritingstyledemandsthatyoubemoreimaginative—andlessrepetitive—inintroducingquotations.Useadictionaryorathesaurustohelpyou.Thereisawordbankyoucanr
7、eferenceonthenextpage.BLENDINGQUOTESWORDBANK:declaresstressesarguesregretsassertsemphasizescontestsapologizesannouncesdemonstratesallegesrepentsdemandsavowsclaimsatonesproclaimscontendsinsistschallengespersistsdisclosesconfirmsrefutesrevealsaffirmsrejectsconf
8、essesacceptsdeniesdivulgesreassuresrecantsunveilspraisesrenouncespublicizescommendsdeniesapplaudsrecantsconcursacknowledgespleadsscoldsrecognizesbeseecheswarnstoleratesappealsretortsgrant
