How to Integrate Quotes SEAMLESSLY in Your Essays

If you need to place excerpts from books, poems, interviews, or other texts in your own essays, you can use the 3 methods explained in this video to weave quotes into your sentences smoothly. These 3 techniques are especially helpful if you’re writing a literary analysis paper, a document-based essay, a research paper, or an article.

This video also explains how to correctly include in-text citations in MLA format and alter or omit parts of a quote in your essay. You’ll never have to use the phrase “the author writes” again!

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[dannehsg]

I cannot believe that your'e a high school kid teaching this I have to practice for the rhetorical analysis essay and this video has boosted my confidence by a lot

[MYfriendsknow]

This is the BEST video on this subject!! Thank you.

[sammark]

Ms. Editor, thank you so much. Could you please make a video about citations in critical summaries? I would like to learn how much we can cite from a book that we are criticise.

[ellac.]

This helped so much! More than the video my proff suggested

[ebonyfoley]

Thank you SO SO MUCH!!! This video has helped my writing immensely!!! Thank you!!!

[lindasun]

I'm not sure if this is plausible idea, but maybe you can do how to improve your vocabulary in writing? or something like the importance of word choice? Love the videos btw <3

[jackabarajas]

If you ever have time, can you thoroughly explain what a block quote is? PLSSSS

[meghansanders_staff-hollys]

FYI: the slash is not for plays, but for poetry. You use it in Shakespeare because his dialogue is written in poetic verse.

[amandalopez]

Do you know how to break up a block quote into multiple quotes? My professor doesn’t allow me to use block quotes on my paper bc it’s short

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Do you think you might ever make a video on how to avoid comma splices?

[yves]

Would you please make a video about a dialectical journal?