Integrating Quotations for Paper #1

Integrating Quotations in Paper #1 (and all others!)

Using Quotes in your paper:

“The urbex life is at heart a form of play, a pressure valve to regulate the atmospheric crush of daily life.  Explo, at his programming job, might daydream of a manhole in the floor of his cubicle, of some escape from the mundane requirements of society.  Once  you begin playing this game, the entire world becomes filled with secret doors” (Power 153). 

The Quotation Sandwich: Introduction + Quotation + Response

As Power explains in his essay, “Excuse Us While We Kiss the Sky,” “Once  you begin playing this game, the entire world becomes filled with secret doors” (153). 

OR,

As Power writes in his essay, “The urbex life is at heart a form of play, a pressure valve to regulate the atmospheric crush of daily life.  Explo, at his programming job, might daydream of a manhole in the floor of his cubicle, of some escape from the mundane requirements of society.  Once  you begin playing this game, the entire world becomes filled with secret doors” (153). 

Then, Respond...

This passage is important because instead of dismissing these travelers as bored, spoiled kids looking for a thrill, it makes us realize that we all share the essential desire behind urbex.  We all want to find an escape from the world, a window to a new life, or at least a beautiful experience away from the crush of homework, traffic, and bills.  If we can do that in our own backyard, then why not try?  Why not try to see a more exciting world without having to go anywhere? 

The Works Cited Page

Power, Matthew.  “Excuse Us While We Kiss the Sky.”  The Best American Travel

               Writing 2014.  Ed. Paul Theroux. 

Always list the author + article/book + where it appears (if necessary) + all publication information (editor, publisher, date, etc.). 

Make sure you include all sources you quote in your paper in the Works Cited. 

Also be sure that the in-text citation matches the Works Cited page.  If you quote from “Excuse Us While We Kiss the Sky,” be sure that you identify the author & article so we can find the full citation in your Works Cited page.

And of course, anything you borrow from an essay, whether ideas or actual words, must be quoted.  Otherwise it’s plagiarism.  The idea is to always acknowledge the source of ideas or phrases that are not your own.