“Quotations that are inserted into a text without such a frame are sometimes called “dangling” quotations for the way they’re left dangling without any explanations” (pg 44). Is quote I can relate to because I too have done this in my past writing where sometimes I usually put in my quote but after that I don’t add any explanation whatsover and just leave it like that.
“When offering such explanations, it is important to use language that accurately reflects the spirit of the quoted passage” (pg 47). Is something that is really informative to me because if you put in a quote without any explanation behind it will leave the readers confused and wonder on what you are trying to say about the quote so in order for them not to question explain on why you put in this quote give in more details so they can understand.
“It is better to risk being overly explicit about what you take a quotation to mean than to leave the quotation dangling and your readers in doubt” (pg 49). I agree with on what this paragraph is talking about because when introducing your quote then moving on to explain it you wonder if your explanation would be lengthy or keeping it short and simple and when this happens I usually write in more because its never wrong to write in more than less, its better to have more than little.
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