Awkward: An Analysis Of The Book Thief By Rosa Huberman
Quotation integration
Awkward
- If your writing does not include proper quotation integration then it is awkward.
Smooth
* The clauses before the quotation make a clear sentence when joined with the clauses from within the quotation. * If a change in pronouns in needed, then use square brackets. * Sentence: Made up of various clauses * The material before the quote is written in the literary present
Ex:// In order to preserve her clientele, Rosa Huberman decides to sent Liesel out to collect the laundry from the rick customers because “Those rich people are less likely to fire [Rosa] if [Liesel’s] the one standing in front of them” (Zusak 92)
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* For offset quotation ONLY, put the text’s punctuation before them embedded citation, not afterwards.
A WRONG CITATION
Close to the end of the novel, Liesel moves from an avid reader to a ferocious writer and scribes an autobiography of sorts. The final line of this memoir revels that “ I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right” * As you know the subject of a sentence needs to agree with the predicate. Sometimes an error in agreement happens when you attempt to join your class to your quote. * In this case, the pronoun “I” seems awkward because it does not identify who the “I” is; therefore, we need to change the pronoun, and will end up having to change the verb.
THE RIGHT WAY
Close to the end of the novel, Liesel moves from an avid reader to a ferocious writer and scribes an autobiography of sorts. The final line of this memoir revels that “[Liesel has] I have hated words and [she has] loved them, and I hope I have made them right” (Zusak 528) * You may need to change a verb from the following sentences * To make tge verb in the quotation agree with the subject before the
Awkward
- If your writing does not include proper quotation integration then it is awkward.
Smooth
* The clauses before the quotation make a clear sentence when joined with the clauses from within the quotation. * If a change in pronouns in needed, then use square brackets. * Sentence: Made up of various clauses * The material before the quote is written in the literary present
Ex:// In order to preserve her clientele, Rosa Huberman decides to sent Liesel out to collect the laundry from the rick customers because “Those rich people are less likely to fire [Rosa] if [Liesel’s] the one standing in front of them” (Zusak 92)
* Information that does not help me illustrate my point about ‘a …show more content…
* For offset quotation ONLY, put the text’s punctuation before them embedded citation, not afterwards.
A WRONG CITATION
Close to the end of the novel, Liesel moves from an avid reader to a ferocious writer and scribes an autobiography of sorts. The final line of this memoir revels that “ I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right” * As you know the subject of a sentence needs to agree with the predicate. Sometimes an error in agreement happens when you attempt to join your class to your quote. * In this case, the pronoun “I” seems awkward because it does not identify who the “I” is; therefore, we need to change the pronoun, and will end up having to change the verb.
THE RIGHT WAY
Close to the end of the novel, Liesel moves from an avid reader to a ferocious writer and scribes an autobiography of sorts. The final line of this memoir revels that “[Liesel has] I have hated words and [she has] loved them, and I hope I have made them right” (Zusak 528) * You may need to change a verb from the following sentences * To make tge verb in the quotation agree with the subject before the