Chapter 40: QUOTING & PARAPHRASING EXERCISE ---
Quotation Sandwiching Exercise (for
Groups or Individuals)
This exercise
provides you
with practice in
sandwiching a
quotation in
groups or pairs
or as
individuals.
Writing a
quotation is
more than just
simply slapping
it into place.
Once you know
where you want
to place it, you
need to also
“sandwich” it:
to add an
introductory
sentence or two
above (before)
it and a
concluding
sentence below
(after) it:
/
A summary of
the quo-
\
/ tation & its
background details. \
Author says,“Quotation.”
.
___________________________
\
Statement of the quotation's /
\ connection to
section subtitle. /
1.
Here is an
imaginary
paragraph with a
topic sentence
and a quotation
(in an imaginary
paper):
Another problem
is that many
people were
afraid. Smith
mentions one
example of this
fear. He says,
“She told them
to hurry up and
run over there
so they wouldn’t
be hurt” (153).
2.
Pretend the
paper and
paragraph in “1”
are yours. Then
please sandwich
this
quotation. First,
answer questions
“a”-“g” below.
Then use them to
create one to
three sentences
before
the quotation.
You will need to
make up
information for
“a”-“g” (but
never make up
information in a
real paper.)
a.
Who
is the “she”?
__________________________________________
b.
Who
are
“them”/“they”?
_____________________________________
c.
What,
overall, is
happening in
this quotation?
____________________
_________________________________________________________
d.
Where
is “there”?
__________________________________________
e.
When
is this
happening?
_____________________________________
f.
How
would they be
“hurt”?
____________________________________
g.
Why
(or how) are
these people
there?
__________________________
3.
After answering
“a”-“g,”
summarize all of
your answers in
one to three
sentences.
4.
Next, rewrite
the paragraph
above as
follows:
·
(A) Start with
the same two
beginning
sentences
(“Another . . .
fear.”)
·
(B) Add our own
one to three
clear,
easy-to-read
background
sentences from
“3,” above.
·
(C) Add the
quotation
itself.
·
(D) Add a new,
abstract
(general) final
sentence stating
how the
quotation ties
in with the main
idea in your
imaginary body
section or your
entire paper.
5.
Present this
final paragraph
(on the
classroom
whiteboard,
orally to the
class, or
individually to
the instructor)
in an
easy-to-read
printed form or
a very legible
handwritten
form.
6. And
then, invent a
difficult-to-sandwich
quotation of
your own.
Provide all
three parts of
the sandwich:
(a) the
introductory
background/summary,
(b) the
quotation, and
(c) the tie-in
sentence—how it
ties in to your
overall body
section or
paper.
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