WritingTechniqueQuestions
1.Whichsentencestatesthemainideaofthefirstparagraph?
2.WhatdirectquotationsuppOlisit?Whatphraseintroducesthequotation?
3.Whatis themainideainthesecondparagraph?Whatthreedirect
quotationssupportit?
4.Whatverbsintroducethequotationsinthesecondparagraph?
5.Explainthein-textcitationattheendofthesecondparagraph.
- Whospokethewordsinquotationmarks?
- Whowrotethearticleinwhichthewordsinquotationmarksappear?
- Isthesourcea printedarticleoranonlinearticle?Howcanyoutell?
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IHerper,Matthew."Olympics:PerfonnanceDrugsOutrunOlympics."ForbesISFeb.2002. 30 Mar. 2004
<http://www.forbes.com/2002/02/1S/021Sped.html>.
Thefonnofthisin-textcitationshowsthatthewordsinquotationmarksarefromparagraph 4 ofan
onlinearticlewrittenbya personwhoselastnameisHerper.
2Bamberger,Michael,andDonYaeger."OvertheEdge."SportsIllustrated 14 Apr.1997:60-86.
TheformofthiscitationmeansthatthewordsinquotationmarkswerespokenbyDr.MichaelKarsten
andwerequotedonpage 62 ofanarticlewrittenbytwopeoplenamedBambergerandYaeger.
Tointroduceborrowedinformation-directquotations,indirectquotations,or
statistics-usethephraseaccordingtoora reportingverbsuchasthefollowing:
assert insist report suggest
claim maintain say write
declare mention state
ReportingVerbsandPhrases
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DirectQuotations
