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MARCH 7, 2011
 
Quotation Formatting Practice
Directions:
1.  Click on the "LOTF Example" link (below).
2.  Click on "OPEN" when the dialog box comes up.
3.  Type your name at the top of the paper.
4.  Replace the numbers that you find in the body of the paper with the quotations at the end of the paper, correctly citing those quotations!
5.  Print out the paper THE FIRST TWO PAGES ONLY & give it to Ms HB.
6. DO NOT SAVE THE PAPER ON THE HARD DRIVE.

LOTF Example

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Directions:
1.  Choose a quotation.
2.  COPY AND PASTE the quotation into a Word document.
3.  Write a paragraph to support the topic, including the quotation.
4.  REFER TO THE MLA FLOW CHART for assistance in CORRECTLY formatting the quotation.
5.  Repeat steps 1-4 two times (you'll write a total of three paragraphs)
6.  Type your name at the top of the Word document and PRINT IT OUT.
7. Hand to Ms HB for quiz grade.

MLA Flow Chart

 

QUOTATION 1:

“This is our island.  It’s a good island.  Until the grownups come to fetch us we’ll have fun” (Golding 35).

Topic:  Ralph is assessing the island.

 

 

QUOTATION 2:

Lennie took his hands away from his face and looked about for George, and Curley slashed at his eyes.  The big face was covered with blood.  George yelled again,  “I said get him” (Steinbeck 63).

Topic:  George controls Lennie.

 

QUOTATION 3:

(ANTIGONE:)

Because it wasn't Zeus who pronounced these
things to me, nor did
Justice, companion
of the gods below, establish such laws
for humanity.    (Sophocles 129)

Topic:  Antigone believes the gods’ laws are superior to man’s laws.

 

QUOTATION 4:

“Hardly none of the guys ever travel together.  I hardly never seen two guys travel together.  You know how the hands are, they just come in and get their bunk and work a month, and then they quit and go out alone.  Never seem to give a damn about nobody.  It jus’ seems kinda funny a cuckoo like him and a smart little guy like you travelin’ together.”

“He ain’t no cuckoo,” said George.  “He’s dumb as hell, but he ain’t crazy…” (Steinbeck 39)

Topic:  Slim and George analyze Lennie.

 

 

QUOTATION 5:

Ralph turned and smiled involuntarily.  Piggy was a bore; his fat, his ass-mar, and his matter-of-fact ideas were dull, but there was always a little pleasure to be got out of pulling his leg, even if one did it by accident…Piggy saw the smile and misinterpreted it as friendliness (Golding 65).

Topic:  Piggy misreads others’ actions.

 

 

QUOTATION 6:

 “I got the conch!  Just you listen!  The first thing we ought to have made was shelters down there by the beach.  It wasn’t half cold down there in the night.  But the first time Ralph says ‘fire’ you goes howling and screaming up this here mountain.  Like a pack of kids!...How can you expect to be rescued if you don’t put first things first and act proper?” (Golding 45).

Topic:  Piggy is scolding the boys for their immaturity and lack of commitment to getting rescued.

 

 

QUOTATION 7:

 “You didn’t out to have let that fire out.  You said you’d keep the smoke going—“
            This from Piggy, and the wails of agreement from some of the hunters, drove Jack to violence.  The bolting look came into his blue eyes.  He took a step, and able at last to hit someone, stuck his fist into Piggy’s stomach.  Piggy sat down with a grunt.  Jack stood over him.  His voice was vicious with humiliation (Golding 71).

Topic:  Jack takes out his frustrations on Piggy.

 

QUOTATION 8:

ISMENE:

I do not dishonor them, but to do this
against the state—I have no strength for it.

ANTIGONE:

Use that excuse, if you like, but I indeed
will go and heap a tomb for my dearest brother.   (Sophocles 126)

Topic:  Antigone and Ismene disagree about following the law.

 

 

Directions:
1.  Make an entry in your journals called "MLA Citation."
2.  Download and review "Model Example 1" and "Model Example 2"
3.  Write down a list of EVERYTHING you notice about these correctly cited sources.  Answer the question:  "HOW DO WE CORRECTLY CITE A QUOTATION?". (You can work with ONE partner.)
4.  Download "Practice Example."  Type your name at the top, correct the citation errors, and print it out.  Tape it into your journal.

Model Example 1

Model Example 2

Practice Examples

Practice Example Answers

Directions:
1.  Copy and paste Paragraph A into a Word Document.
2.  Correctly format the quotation.
3.  Repeat Steps 1 & 2 with Paragraph B.
4.  Check with your neighbors and Ms HB to make sure you got it!

PARAGRAPH A:

Antigone believed it was inappropriate just to bury only one of her brothers. Creon’s motive to bury only Eteocles was because “Eteocles, who fell fighting in defense of the city, fighting gallantly, is to be honored with burial and with all the rites due to the noble dead. The other… his brother Polynices, who came back from exile intending to burn and destroy his fatherland…to make slaves- he is to have no grave, no burial” ( Sophocles 131). Creon’s perception of Polynices was that Polynices only wanted power and to enslave the Thebans. Antigone still considers unfair to have given only one the funeral, the love for her brother and not fear for punishment.

PARAGRAPH B:

Haemon is a decent example of a point in time to push one’s feelings to the side. He demonstrates courage by standing up to his father, Creon. Haemon lets Creon know about his feelings that Creon should not kill Antigone. Creon: You’ll never marry her this side of death. Haemon: Then, if she dies, she does not die alone (Sophocles 146).  Haemon ends up killing himself to show how much he loves his wife, Antigone. So according to Haemon, it is time to push pride aside when the person that you love is in danger. Haemon’s philosophy of pushing your true feelings to the side is in no way similar to the way of Creon’s.

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