in his or her own words and not using a direct quotation from the book, the writer still must cite the page number. However, the writer should not put his or her paraphrasing (something in that’s his or her own words) in quotation marks! to run away when they are in the forest Example: Pearl’s parents decide (Hawthorne 126). Short Quotations (fewer than 4 lines) Place quotation marks around the passage and then provide the author and specific page citation in the text. Punctuation: Periods, commas, and semicolons from the very end of are removed quoted material. The writer then ends the sentence by placing a period AFTER the parenthetical citation. Question marks and exclamation points that come at the end of the quoted material the writer is using within the quotation marks. should remain Example 1 (ending the sentence after the parenthetical): Margot realizes her husband has changed after his the far corner of the seat hunting success: “From Margaret Macomber looked at the two of them. There was no change in Wilson. She saw Wilson as she had seen him the day before when she had first realized what his great talent was. But she saw the change in Francis Macomber now” (Hemingway 17). Example 2 (continuing on after the parenthetical): The narrator says, the “From far corner of the seat Margaret Macomber looked at the two of them. There was no change in Wilson. She saw Wilson as she had seen him the day before when she had first realized what his great talent was. But she saw the change in Francis Macomber 17), and this marks a turning point for Margot. now” (Hemingway Example 3 (leaving in an exclamation mark that was in the text): Within the pages of novel, the Be true! Be is Hawthorne’s message “‘Be true! true!’” (184) not only stated outright, but flows throughout the entire text. Example 4 (asking a question in own Is it possible that one’s writer’s voice): when Margot the change in Francis (Hemingway 17), it “saw Macomber”
in his or her own words and not using a direct quotation from the book, the writer still must cite the page number. However, the writer should not put his or her paraphrasing (something that’s in his or her own words) in quotation marks! Example: Pearl’s parents decide to run away when they are in the forest (Hawthorne 126). Short Quotations (fewer than 4 lines) Place quotation marks around the passage and then provide the author and specific page citation in the text. Punctuation: Periods, commas, and semicolons are removed from the very end of quoted material. The writer then ends the sentence by placing a period AFTER the parenthetical citation. Question marks and exclamation points that come at the end of the quoted material the writer is using should remain within the quotation marks. Example 1 (ending the sentence after the parenthetical): Margot realizes her husband has changed after his hunting success: “From the far corner of the seat Margaret Macomber looked at the two of them. There was no change in Wilson. She saw Wilson as she had seen him the day before when she had first realized what his great talent was. But she saw the change in Francis Macomber now” (Hemingway 17). Example 2 (continuing on after the parenthetical): The narrator says, “From the far corner of the seat Margaret Macomber looked at the two of them. There was no change in Wilson. She saw Wilson as she had seen him the day before when she had first realized what his great talent was. But she saw the change in Francis Macomber now” (Hemingway 17), and this marks a turning point for Margot. Example 3 (leaving in an exclamation mark that was in the text): Within the pages of Hawthorne’s novel, the message “‘Be true! Be true! Be true!’” (184) is not only stated outright, but flows throughout the entire text. Example 4 (asking a question in one’s own writer’s voice): Is it possible that when Margot “saw the change in Francis Macomber” (Hemingway 17), it
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