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Quoting from Primary Sources

 

 

1.   Quotes from dialogue (preceded by a transition word or phrase and a comma):

 

·         Early in the novel, when Ryan is only two, his mother encourages him to lie, saying, “Be a good boy now, Ryan; tell Mommy a little fib” (43).

·         Outraged, Michael shouts at Ryan, “Stop lying! You’re no braver than I am!” (132).

2.  Quote from dialogue (quote not clearly from the novel):

 

·         The tribunal convicts Ryan, citing his behavior as “seditious and insane” (Bennett 256).

3.  Quote from dialogue (use of colon construction):

·         In their daycare centers, toddlers begin each morning with physical exercises and the chanting of propaganda: “Wake up, children! Sing with me. What God! No God! We are free!” (5).

4.  Quote from a narrative section (transition to avoid problem with starting quote

with a lower case letter, ellipsis indicating missing wording, word in brackets to clarify ambiguous use of “this”):

 

·         In Bennett’s words, “. . . there could be no substitute for this [decision], no alternative. Life was Ryan’s creation, and he had created a life of blessed belief and truth” (301).

5.   Quote from narrative, original phrasing over 4 full lines of text, indent 10 spaces (2 tabs), no quotation marks, parenthetical citation after final punctuation. Note: quotes of dialogue of over 4 lines retain quotation marks as in the original. (See page 5 of the sample paper.)

 

·         In his final confrontation with the Heratican police, Wiley recognizes his rights:

He would only believe what he chose to believe. Moral decisions would be his alone. No jack-booted  troopers would control his life. Official decrees and criminal indictments would have no meaning for him. The government courts were not his courts. Their justice was not his. As long as he knew these things, despite what they might do to him, he would be free. (289)

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