...your professor, the course number (English 132), and the date – so the rest of this essay will focus on how to use in-text citations in your paper. There are several ways to cite quotations in an MLA-style paper. The first is simply to include your in-text citation, which is the author’s name and page number, in parentheses, at the end of the quote, as in this example: “Some boys taught me to play football. This was fine sport” (Dillard 23). Notice that the quote is first introduced, then given, and then explained. Notice also that the period at the end of the sentence doesn’t appear until after the citation. Another way to use an in-text citation is to put the citation before the quote. For instance, if I want to talk about something that Dillard says in her story, I’d say the author’s name and then use a quote such as, “Boys welcomed me at baseball, too, for I had, through enthusiastic practice, what was weirdly known as a boy’s arm” (23). Notice again how I first introduce the quote, give the quote, and then explain the quote. You should avoid beginning or ending a paragraph with a quote from a source. Notice also that because I stated the author’s name first, I only need to state the page number at the end of the quote. Another type of quote which you can use in your essay is what we call a “block quote.” These are most useful for longer papers – 4 pages and longer – and are for when you need to use a large section of the text to get your point across. Block...
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... metaphor and |In this quote we can identify that Steinbeck is portraying Curley’s wife as an ostrich. Unable to fly, meaning CW can’t leave or escape the ranch. This represents that she is stuck and will never be able to leave. This goes back to portraying her as a lonely woman. It can also portray that she shows off and for that reason she is unable to leave because she no one would care in the outside world. | |Two |34 |‘For the rectangle of sunshine in the doorway was cut off’ |Obstacle, trap and as a distraction. |Connotations, imagery and descriptive language |Connotes that she is an evil character who cuts the hopes and dreams of innocent men such as Lennie and George. This is portraying the Curley’s wife is an evil character and warning us that George’s and Lennie’s dreams will always be cut off if she is in the way. | |Two |35 |‘But I have never seen no piece of jail bait worse than her’ |Whore and a trouble. |Connotations and imagery |In this quote Steinbeck shows what the ranch workers think of her. A girl who will get you in trouble due to her level in the hierarchy. | |Two |34 |‘Nobody can’t blame a person for looking’ |Flirty |Symbolism |In this quote it symbolises how the Curley’s wife is always pointing out the obvious. This is if someone like George is ignoring here he will look at here and then she will feel that she is getting attention. | |Two |35 |‘She was suddenly apprehensive’ |Scared |Symbolism Portrayal |In this quote we see how the Curley’s wife...
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...Vital Grammar Rules and Best Writing Practices The best writing follows the rules of grammar (or breaks those rules only with good reason) and is clear, coherent, and consistent. Most writers don’t want their work to be weak or dull. We want our writing to be strong and vibrant. If we learn the grammar rules and adopt best practices in the craft, our writing can shine. Here are ten of most frequently ignored (or unknown) grammar rules and writing practices: 1. Commas: except for the period, the comma is the most common punctuation mark and the most misused. It’s a tricky one because the rules are scarce, leaving usage up to style guides and writers’ best judgement. In weak writing, there are too few or too many commas. Be consistent in how you use commas and strike the right balance. 2. Avoid weak words: very, really, and the verbs to be, to have, and to do are often markers of weak, amateur writing. Sometimes, we need to use these words, but there is often a more specific or vivid word available. 3. Verb and tense agreement: these errors are often the result of shoddy editing and proofreading. A sentence that was originally in perfect past tense is changed to simple past tense but one of the words in the sentence is overlooked and you end up with something like She went the store and had shopped for produce. Another example would be The cats has one bowl. 4. Stay away from passive voice: avoid passive constructions like The book was read by the girl. Passive voice...
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...Caleb Friginal Mrs. Chupp English II Honors 11/2/11 Pain is a Useful Thing Have you ever had to do something hard to get somewhere? Well in one way, shape, or form all of us have had to do something difficult to get where we want to be. Whether a student stays after school to get help from a teacher or an athlete wakes up for an early morning jog they are showing Benjamin Franklin’s famous quote, “No Gains Without Pains” that he wrote in Poor Richard Almanac. Franklin tried to show the people that you could not get anywhere without a struggle now and then. The United States of America, athletics, and even school have shown that there are not gains without pains. The United States of America is such a tremendous place to live. We could not have gotten this far without some growing pains. Even the great United States has had to go through some arduous times. But, because of those hard times we are here today. Our country has gone through a Revolution, a Civil War, and even a terrorist attack on our own country. Even throughout these excruciating times we have made it through tougher and better for it. American have become a super powers in the world and we would not have gained this much without some pain. All this pain didn’t feel good at the time, but it was worth it in the end. These facts prove Franklin’s point “No Gains Without Pains”. The United States of America is an exceptional example of how there are not gains without pains. All sports are difficult and very tough...
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...his fiend like queen", is the way in which Malcolm describes Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in the last speech of the play. The images portrayed by Macbeth and Lady Macbeth change impressively throughout the play. Therefore, I believe that this quote is not an accurate judgment of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth as it was based on one mistake, though a considerable mistake. To start with, I should first give an explanation about the two important words in this quote: a butcher is a person who kills people unnecessarily and brutally, while a fiend is someone very cruel and spiteful who symbolizes the devil. In order to consolidate his power, Macbeth kills Duncan, Banquo, Macduff's wife and son and all the people in the Castle of Fife. At this point, he is a "butcher"; in the full sense of the word. Although there were elements of butchery in Macbeths’ behavior, he also had many capacities. “For brave Macbeth (well he deserves that name), Disdaining Fortune, with his brandished steel, Which smoked with bloody execution Like valor’s minion, carved out his passage” (I,ii,9), this quote portrays how Macbeth, at the beginning of the play, is seen as a loyal and courageous soldier who fights with all might to keep peace and stability in his country. “We will proceed no further in this business. He hath honored me of late…” (I,vii,41). Here, we realize that Macbeth is still hesitating to kill Duncan. He explains how Duncan was a good King and honored him. By this we observe that Macbeth is a worthy...
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...missiles) in Cuba. The two proposals were set on the table: air strike and invade, or naval blockade. Ever since the Bay Pigs invasion, (which was an American led invasion where we got over 1200 Cuban refugees and sent them to Cuba to overthrow the government, but the effort failed) the Cubans wanted to be better protected. Cuba was allied with Soviet Union at that time and since the Cold War was going on between...
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...if translated into the terms of tragic outcome, would entail the identifying of that motive with the narrative figure whose acts led to some fitting form of death . . . (the perfection being by the same token death, quite as the attaining of a given end moves death as such effects as went with the attaining of the end. (14)” When thinking of the word perfection I agree with the thought of finishedness, but I did not connect it to death until I stopped to think about it. When you think of death the first thought that comes to my mind is not perfection, but when thinking about heaven then I see the tie in. Heaven in the perfect place, which goes with the fact of when you pass away that is where you go, which is perfection....
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...It is still affecting people today. With that being said in order to stop it completely you need to do something about it. Here are some examples of what you could do. When you encounter racism you can stand up and show people they are not alone. As you encounter prejudice you could change yourself and be open to people who were different. When you come face to face with anti-semitism you can protest and show you are supportive of the people who are different. At the end of the day you should stand up and show you will not stand for this nonsense anymore. We see racism, prejudice, and antisemitism everyday. It will consistently get worse if we don’t do anything about it. Here's what you can do.In order to stop racism you could come together with a group and show you won’t listen to the negatives. As you encounter prejudism a whole group of people can come together and show their true selves. Now comes anti-semitism. A whole group of people, who are jews should leave town to show they are a major part in society. You could make a great impact if you all come together as...
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...Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and a Civil Rights Activist.He was born on January 15,1929. In Atlanta , Georgia. He is well known to the world, Martin was a motivation to many others during their era. Many people know him because of his “ I have a dream” speech, but there was more he offered to others. He found a way to make a change in a non violent matter....
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...Criminal Minds Criminal Minds has currently 10 season and 245 episodes all together. Criminal Minds is a show about an Behavioral Analysis Unit that is with the FBI. They go around the country and try to analyze Criminals minds and figure out their next move before the criminal has time to strike again. Criminal Minds has every aspect of an award winning TV show, ever episode has a new and exciting plot, the actors in the show are perfect for their role, and at the end of every episode there is a quote that is relevant to the episode and real life. Every episode of Criminal Minds is something new. It makes the viewer be on edge for every episode because they don't know what is coming. Every episode is in a new state or city with crime. The TV series won’t let the audience get bored. With every new place there is also a new murder or homicide. The FBI agents in the show try to figure out why and what the killer's next move is. They dig deep into the victim's life to try and figure out why someone would want to kill them. Every victim has something different the agents dig up that lead them...
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...effective as leaders or not as leaders. Firstly Jack shows leadership character traits through his actions towards the group. Jack wants to become the chief of the island but Piggy does not think that’s a good idea. Jack then splits everyone up by who wants to kill and who does not. A quote from the novel says, “’And you shut up! Who are you, anyway? Sitting there – telling people what to do. You can’t hunt, you can sing –‘ ‘I’m chief. I got chosen.’ ‘Why should choosing make any difference? Just giving orders that don’t make any sense –‘” (Golding 98). Jack knows that he should be chief no matter who wants him to be or not. He just wants his way and his way only. Jack made all the other characters act like monsters. The quote states, “At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt onto the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore. There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws” (169). Jack’s leadership skills show’s when Jack leaves Ralph’s group to make his own. He then trained all the characters in his group to hunt. Everyone ends up wanting to hunt and kill no matter what. Jack wants all the power on the island and does no care how he will get it. A quote from the novel states,...
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...Marlar/English III Period 6 Howard 1 Literary Element- Symbolism Chapter 1, page 21 Original Quote: “But I didn’t call to him, for he gave a sudden intimation that he was content to be alone—he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward—and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far way, that might have been the end of a dock. When I looked once more for Gatsby he had vanished, and I was alone again in the unique darkness.”(Fitzgerald 21) Paraphrase with Analysis: Gatsby is being spotted by Nick, the narrator, while he is reaching out across his dock to the green light. (Fitzgerald 21) The green light symbolizes Daisy. Green is also an archetype and the negative associations are death and decay. Green can also foreshadow Gatsby death in the end since he never achieved the “green light” being Daisy who she chose Tom Buchanan in the end. Embedded Quotes in Paraphrase with Analysis: David F. Trask in his book, A Note on Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, states that “Gatsby believed in the green light, the future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms further ... And one fine morning Alas, all of us! The novel ends on a desperately somber note: So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”(Trask) The green light...
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...The protagonist of the story is Guy Montag. Physically, he seems fit enough to be a firefighter. Emotionally, he showed a lot of fear, and mentally he was weak. For example, he got really nervous for almost no reason. Lastly, he was very wise for thinking to keep books instead of burning them. 5. The antagonist of the novel is Captain Beatty. The way the author described Beatty, he sounded like a big guy with a low voice. Also, his emotions were mostly expressed as anger and rage. Even though he didn’t always show it. Mentally, he knew what he was going to do, and he did it. Meaning, intellectually he was not very good at deciphering what was good and/or...
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...someone or think bad of someone for their race,being Jewish or even how they look. During the 1930 the Holocaust took place and the Germans killed Jews for no reason. This was racist, anti semitic,and prejudice. Racism, prejudice,and anti-semitism still take place and here are ways it's wrong and how you could fight against it. There are many ways that an individual can stop,racism,prejudice, and antisemitism. Many people think that racism,prejudice, and antisemitism is the same thing but its not. One example of how someone could stand up for racism is by learning about that race. There has been many racist actions done and one of the people who protested was Colin Kaepernick. He protested by...
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...At the end of The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway made the final statement of the book saying "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." Which I believe means we move on in life continually and we always have to push our way forward, move against the current, and don't dwell or bring back the past because you will get carried back to the past such as a boat moves across the current, it requires constant moving forward to prevent drifting backwards. Gatsby started off with nothing but a big set of goals and dreams, he pushed his way to get to that goal leaving his past behind only worrying about the future and when he finally obtained his goal he got caught up and started to think about the past with Daisy and he ended up meeting her and getting emotions for her again. Leaving all his achievements behind him and he basically fell back when all the truth came to the surface about his past and people lowered the respect they had for him. All of Gatsby's failures are due to the fact of Daisy coming back into his life and the dedication of time he gave to her made him get off of his track to success and lose thought of the other things going on in his life. He lost his motivation and drive to become something more or bigger than he already has become. I personally think maybe he was just feeling content with just Daisy to where he didn't want to become anything more. Nick was basically the neutral water in The Great Gatsby;...
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