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Chapter 1 Quotation

There are two kinds of quotations: direct and indirect. An indirect quotation may be an interpretation, a paraphrase, or a summary of the original in the writer’s own words. The accuracy of direct quotations in research writing is extremely important. They must reproduce the original sources exactly. Unless indicated in brackets or parenthesis, changes must not be made in the spelling, capitalization, or interior punctuation of the source.

1.Prose

a)If a prose quotation runs no more than four lines and requires no special

emphasis, put it in quotation marks and incorporate it into the text.

―It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,‖ wrote Charles Dickens of the 18th century (35).

b)You may quote just a word or phrase as part of your sentences.

For Charles Dickens the 18th century was both ―the best of times‖ and ―the worst of times‖ (35).

c)You may put a quotation at the beginning, middle, or end of your

sentence or, for the sake of variety or better style, divide it by your own

words.

d)If a quotation runs to more than four lines in your paper, set it off from

your text by beginning a new line, indenting one inch (ten spaces in

typing).

At the conclusion of Lord of the Flies, Ralph and the other boys realize the horror of their actions:

The tears began to flow and sobs shook him. He gave himself up to them

now for the first time on the island; great, shuddering spasms of grief

that seemed to wrench his whole body. His voice rose under the black

smoke before the burning wreckage of the island; and infected by that

emotion, the other little boys began to shake and sob too. (186)

If a quotation ending a sentence requires a parenthetical reference, place the sentence period after the reference.

e)If you need to quote two or more paragraphs, indent the first line of each

paragraph an additional quarter inch (three spaces in typing). If the first

sentence quoted does not begin a paragraph in the source, do not indent

it the additional amount. Indent only the first lines of the successive

p aragraphs’.

In Moll Flanders Defoe maintains the pseudo-autobiographical narration typical of the picaresque tradition:

My true name is so well known in the records, or registers, at Newgate and in the old Bailey, and there are some things of such

consequence still depending there relating to my particular conduct, that

it is not to be expected I should set my name or the account of my family

to this work […].

It is enough to tell you, that […] some of my worst comrades, who are out of the way of doing me h arm […] know me by the name of Moll

Flanders […]. (1)

2.Poetry

a)If you quote part or all of a single line of verse that does not require

special emphasis, put it in quotation marks within your text. You may

also incorporate two or three lines in this way, using a slash with a space

on each side to separate them.

Bradstreet frames the poem with a sense of mortality: ―All things within this fading world hath end‖ (1).

Reflecting on the ―incident‖ in Baltimore, Cullen concludes, ―Of all the things that happened there / That’s all that I remember‖ (11-12).

b)Verse quotations of more than three lines should begin on a new line.

Unless the quotation involves unusual spacing, indent each line one inch

(ten spaces on a typewriter) from the left margin, adding no quotation

marks that do not appear in the original.

Elizabeth Bishop’s ―In the Waiting Room‖ is rich in evocative detail:

It was winter. It got dark

early. The waiting room

was full of grown-up people,

articles and overcoats,

lamps and magazines. (6-10)

3.Drama

a)If you quote dialogue between two or more characters in a play, set the

quotation off from your text. Begin each part of the dialogue with the

appropriate character’s name indented one inch (or ten spaces if you are

using a typewriter) from the left margin and written in all capital letters:

HAMLET.

Marguerite Duras’s screenplay for Hiroshima mon amour suggests at the outset the profound difference between observation and experience:

HE. You saw nothing in Hiroshima. Nothing.

SHE. I saw everything. Everything. […] The hospital, for instance, I saw it. I’m sure I did. There is a hospital in Hiroshima. How could I

help seeing it?

HE. You did not see the hospital in Hiroshima. You saw nothing in Hiroshima. (2505-06)

4.Ellipsis

a)Whenever you wish to omit a word, a phrase, a sentence, or more from a

quoted passage, you should be guided by two principles: fairness to the

author quoted and the grammatical integrity of your writing. If you

quote only a word or a phrase, it will be obvious that you left out some of

the original sentence.

b)If an omitted quotation forms a complete sentence, use ellipsis periods in

square brackets to show that it’s not the original.

In surveying various responses to plagues in the Middle Ages, Barbara W.

Tuchman writes, ―Medical thinking[…] stressed air as the communicator of disease, ignoring sanitation or visible carriers‖ (101-02).

5.Other Alterations of Sources

a)You may decide to provide supplementary information to make a

quotation more understandable or clear. Put your explanation in

parenthesis if it comes after the quotation or in square brackets if it

comes within the quotation.

Lincoln specifically advocated a government ―for the people‖ (emphasis added).

Milton’s Satan speaks of his ―study [pursuit] of revenge.‖

6.Translation of quotations

a)If necessary, for your quotation in languages other than English provide

translation, which, usually put between double quotation marks within

parenthesis, follows the quotation immediately.

Chaucer’s setting is April, the time of ―shoures soote‖(―sweet showers‖; GP

1).

Chapter 2 Documentation: Citing Sources in the Text For the sake of intellectual property protection, the source of your quotation must be supplied in the list of works cited at the end of your research paper and as well the a uthor’s last name and a page reference within parenthesis usually follow a quotation for the acknowledgement of the citation.

1.The information in your parenthetical references in the text must match the

corresponding information in the entries in your list of works cited.

2.Author’s name in/not in text

Tannen has argued this point (178-85).

This point has already been argued (Tannen 178-85).

3.More than one author with the same surname, add the first initial; if the

initial is shared too, the full first name.

(A. Patterson 183-85), (L. Patterson 230); (Alice Patterson 183-85), (Albert

Patterson 150-56).

4.If a work has two or more authors, give the first author’s last name followed

by et al., or all the last names.

(Rabkin et al. 137); (Rabkin, Greenberg, and Olander 137)

5.If a corporate author begins the entry, we may use the author’s name in full

or its shortened form followed by a page reference.

(Public Agenda Foundation 4); (PAF. 4)

6.If the work is listed by title, use the title shortened or in full.

(The Bible 15)

7.If the list contains more than one work by the same author, add the cited title,

shortened or in full, after the author’s last name.

(Frye, Anatomy 237)

8.If you cite from more than one volume of a multivolume work, give the

volume as well as the author’s last name and page number.

(Schlesinger, V ol. 4, 3978)

9.You may omit page numbers when citing complete works.

(Hardy)

10.If you cite from non-print works such as films, television programs, recording

and electronic sources, you cite them in their entirety and often by title.

In fresco painting, ―the pigments are completely fused with a damp plaster ground to become an integral part of the wall surface‖ (―Fresco‖). (an essay online)

William J. Mitchell’s City of Bits discusses architecture and urban life in the context of the digital telecommunications revolution.

11.If you cite from a second-hand source, put the abbreviation “qtd. in” before

the indirect source in your parenthetical reference.

(qtd. in Boswell 450)

Chapter 3 Documentation: Preparing the List of Works Cited The list of works cited appears at the end of the paper. Begin the list on a new page and number each page, continuing the page numbers of the text. Center the title—Works Cited, an inch from the top of the page. Double–space between the title and the first entry. Begin each entry flush with the left margin; if an entry runs more than line, indent the subsequent line or lines five spaces from the left margin.

In general alphabetize entries in the list of works cited by the author’s last name, using the letter-by-letter system. If the author’s name is unknown, alphabetize by the title, ignoring any A, An or The.

1. A Book by a Single Author

Wilson, Frank R. The Hand: How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture. New York: Parthenon, 1998.

2.An Anthology or a Compilation

Feldman, Paula R., ed. British Women Poets of the Romantic Era. Baltimore: John Hopkins UP, 1997.

Lopate, Phillip, ed. The Art of the Personal Essay: An Anthology from the Classical Era to the Present. New York: Anchor-Doubleday, 1994.

3.Two or More Books by the Same Author

Borroff, Marrie. Language and the Past: Verbal Artistry in Frost, Stevens, and Moore.

Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1979.

---, trans. Sir Gawin and the Green Knight. New York: Norton, 1967.

---, ed. Wallace Stevens: a Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice, 1963.

Frye, Northrop. Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1957. ---, ed. Design for Learning: Reports Submitted to the Joint Committee of the Toronto Board of Education and the University of Toronto. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 1962. ---. The Double Vision; Language and Meaning in Religion. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 1991.

4. A Book by Two or More Authors

Reverse only the name of the first author, add a comma, give the other names in normal form and place a period after the last name; or you may name only the first and et al.

Durant, Will, and Ariel Durant. The Age of Voltaire. New York: Simon, 1965. Eggins, Suzanne, and Diane Slade. Analyzing Casual Conversation. London: Cassell, 1997.

5.Two or More Books by the Same Authors

See 3.3 and 3.4.

6. A Book by a Corporate Author

American Medical Association. The American Medical Association Encyclopedia of

Medicine. New York: Random, 1989.

7. A Work in an Anthology

Allen de, Isabel. ―Toad’s Mouth.‖ Trans. Margaret Sayers Peden. A Hammock beneath the Mangoes; Stories from Latin America. Ed. Thomas Colchie. New York: Plume, 1992. 83-88.

8.An Article in a Reference Book

―Azimuthal Equidistant Projection.‖ Merriam-Webster’s Col legiate Dictionary. 10th ed. 1993.

9.An Anonymous Book

Encyclopedia of Virginia. New York: Somerset, 1993.

10.An Edition

Crane Stephane. The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War.

1895. Ed. Fredson Bowers. Charlottesville: Up of Virginia, 1975.

11.A Translation

Dostoevsky, Feodor. Crime and Punishment. Trans. Jessie Coulson. Ed. George Gibian. New York: Norton, 1964.

Homer. The Odyssey. Trans. Robert Fables. New York: Viking, 1996.

12.A Book Published in a Second or Subsequent Edition

Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Ed. F. W. Robinson. 2nd ed. (Rev.

ed./Abr. ed./ 1940 ed.) Boston: Houghton, 1957.

13.A Multivolume Work

Lauter, Paul, et al., eds. The Heath Anthology of American Literature. 2nd ed. 2 vols.

Lexington: Heath, 1994.

14.A Book in Chinese

Qian Mansu钱满素. Meiguo Wenming美国文明(American Civilization). Beijing：China Social Sciences Press, 2001.

15.An Article in a Scholarly Journal with Continuous Pagination

Craner, Paul M. ―New Tool for an Ancient Art: The Computer and Music.‖ Computers and the Humanities 25 (1991): 303-13. Note: B. T., V. N., (Y. P.): P. N.

16.An Article in a Scholarly Journal That Pages Each Issue Separately Barthelme, Frederick. ―Architecture.‖Kansas Quarterly 13. 2 (13. 3-4) (1981): 77-80.

Note: B. T., V. N., I. N. (Y. P.): P. N

17.An Article in a Scholarly Journal That Uses Only Issue Numbers Bowering, George. ―Baseball and Canadian Imagination.‖ Canadian Literature108 (1986): 115-24.

18.An Article in a Newspaper

Lohr, Steve. ―Now Playing: Babes in Cyberspace.‖ New York Times 3 Apr. 1998, late ed.: C1+. Note: section c, page 1, and the dislocated consecutive part

19.An Article in a Magazine

Amelar, Sarah. ―Restoration on 42nd Street.‖ Architecture Mar. 1998: 146-50.

20.An Anonymous Article

―The Decade of the Spy.‖ Newsweek 7 Mar. 1994: 26-27.

21.A Film or Video Recording

Chaplin, Charles, dir. Modern Times. Perf. Chaplin and Paulette Goddard. United Artists,1936.

22.A Map or Chart

Japanese Fundamentals. Chart. Hauppauge: Barron, 1992.

Washington. Map. Chicago: Rand, 1995.

23.A Part of an Online Book

Barsky, Robert F. Introduction. Noam Chomsky: A Life of Dissent. By Barsky.

Cambridge: MIT P, 1997. 8 May 1998 .

24.An Online Posting

Holland, Norman. ―Overcoming Depression.‖ Online Posting. 19 Mar. 1997. Psyart.

21 Mar. 1997 .