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Let's Call This a Writing Workshop PARTY.

Who's bringing the MAYONNAISE?

This is what you need:

• One JUICY quote from your research articles.
• It could be something someone said.
• It could be something someone wrote.
• But bring something INTERESTING!

THE QUOTE SANDWICH – It’s as easy as 1..2..3.

First you INTRODUCE your quote. Second, you QUOTE it. And third, you EXPLAIN it. This process will ensure you integrate your quotes SEEMLESSLY (smooth!) into your essays.

1. Top Bread:

• Provide context* for the quote so the reader who is unfamiliar with the source can understand it.
• Where did this quote come from?
• What was going on when it was said?
• Why would anyone say it?
• Use a signal phrase** or a sentence to lead in to the quote, using a comma or colon before the quote begins.

2. Filling:

• Provide the quotation in quotation marks, or follow the guidelines for long quotes by formatting it into a block quote.
• Provide an in-text citation of the source of the quote in MLA, APA, or another required style. Keep in mind that using a signal phrase in the top bread to introduce the quote can sometimes fulfill all or part of this in-text citation.

3. Bottom Bread:

• Explain the significance of the quote, interpreting it and telling the reader how this idea supports and connects to your thesis.
• This is your chance to show off your CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS!  Your ANALYSIS. 
•  What do these words mean to the person who said them?
•  What do these words mean to the people who heard them?
•  Are they historically significant?  Explain.
•  What do they mean to you?

Jay's Tip: 

Write your quote down on a piece of scratch paper.  You will be graded on your punctuation.  You will also need to provide an in-text citation to explain where it came from.  Remember these instructions:

Here is a sample RECIPE for your QUOTE SANDWICH – I saved it from our last class:

Here is a good punctuation website – Grammar Girl – to help you format the quote.

Here is the link to her quotation page: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/how-to-use-quotation-marks

This is a Big Deal!  Your Quote Sandwiches will BEEF UP your essay -  They are a great tool support your main ideas. 

* Through the course of your research paper, I will ask you to insert THREE quote sandwiches.

Below is a sample quote sandwich SNIP  that i created for a mental illness paper in English 009.

• Notice the quote in RED!

I hope you ENJOY your Quote Sandwiches as much as I do mine.

• Integrating quotations to support your main ideas is an important standard of the course.
• Plus, they are FUN and EAZY
• You bring the QUOTES.  I will bring the NAPKINS.

Any Questions?  You can contact me here: jay.lewenstein@imperial.edu

This is going to be GREAT.  You will see.

Paz,

JL