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- 3/26/2024 special "artistic" quoting
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We need to practice basic internal quoting since many students have problems with that very important college writing skill. We will work on that starting Thursday.
However, to learn something new, I am giving you a “special quoting assignment” to complete by our next class. If we were meeting in person, this would take about 75-90 minutes of class time.
If you do it well, you might like to use this technique in your next essay and your research paper…
It is below, and your responses should be posted here in Discussion.
Special quoting assignment (suggested time: 75 minutes after we read these three pages)
Starting an essay with an interesting quote that is relevant to your topic is an interesting “attention grabber” and it shows that you are intelligent, making intellectual connections between well-known quotes and your essay topic.
Such quotes are not documented like internal quotes need to be. During our next class, we will start practicing those kinds that you need for research papers.
By “well-known” quotes, we are talking about quotes you know, that you read or learned or heard and found memorable. The implication is you did not have to Google it; you knew it.
Here is an example. There was a real doctor, named Kevorkian, who offered to euthanize people who had incurable illnesses. He was later arrested.
The Man Who Offered to Kill  (your original title should be centered)
               “To be or not to be, that is the question.” –William Shakespeare, Hamlet
Now you write the introduction of your imaginary essay, here represented by nonsense typing sjsdhjfejekfpe jdfowjwsjfwj adjjdsjdsj jdj. djkdsjdso woosjdsod sosksksk skskpspspsusgsdflgflos sdofododo ojh eopoefkfpdk sjsdhjfejekfpe jdfowjwsjfwj adjjdsjdsj jdj. djkdsjdso woosjdsod sosksksk skskpspspsusgsdflgflos sdofododo ojh eopoefkfpdk sjsdhjfejekfpe jdfowjwsjfwj adjjdsjdsj jdj djkdsjdso woosjdsod sosksksk skskpspspsusgsdflgflos sdofododo ojh eopoefkfpdk sjsdhjfejekfpe. jdfowjwsjfwj adjjdsjdsj jdj djkdsjdso woosjdsod sosksksk skskpspspsusgsdflgflos sdofododo ojh eopoefkfpdk.
Everyone probably knows the quote, “To be or not to be.” You do not have to have read Hamlet by William Shakespeare to know this. But…do you know what it is about?
In the play Hamlet, Hamlet–the Prince of Denmark, whose father the King has already died before the play even starts–is depressed and morose. His mother, the Queen, has married his uncle, who is the new King. That is bad enough, but later Hamlet is visited by his father’s Ghost, who explains that the other man, his own brother, schemed with his wife to murder him. Hamlet is so distraught, he thinks about doing something…no, not revenge. He contemplates suicide. The famous words are about suicide: being alive or not.
Now, if you were going to write an essay on euthanasia, assisted suicide, or suicide and you start your essay with this quote, you would impress your reader with your scope of knowledge.
Such an opening quote is not actually part of your introduction paragraph. It is on a separate line between your original title (that you created for your essay) and your first paragraph.
You may want to make it look different by using italics, maybe even a slightly smaller font. Please remember: normally you must underline or italicize a published title of a play, a novel, or a film, so…if you italicize (or underline) the quote, this time, you do not italicize or underline the title. It is the opposite of what you would treat a published title in an essay.
Oh, one more thing: when you create a title of your own, and you should, your title is just centered and most of the words are capitalized. You can find out on your own which title words do not get capitalized.Now let’s see which quotes you already know.
A) Think of famous quotes or quote you like. Where do they come from? Think of any quotes you know from the following sources and write them down:
• from the Bible
• from history (That which was news when it happened if it lasts become history and, of course, it could be from hundreds of years ago)
• from literature (a play, a novel, a poem, a short story)
• from movies
• from music (probably some lyrics, not merely a song title)
• from commercials
Go ahead, think of some and actually write them down and post them on Moodle (or send them to me in an email). Some of them may be just for fun, not useful for any future essay, but you get the point.I suggest you lean more to sources in movies and music that your teachers might have knowledge of, for example if you like a particular movie from another country that none of your readers ever heard of, that is not necessarily a good choice. If you want to quote a new recording artist who is not right now a “household name” then at least explain who he or she is.
Now comes the rest of the assignment which you should also write down and send in OR BETTER STILL POST ON MOODLE:B) Please look for good quotes ABOUT the following, one quote for each:
Money
Work
Children
Marriage
Religion
Please do not just write down the first one you see. Rather, look for one that
inspires or amuses you.C) Separately, please look for quotes BY the following about any subject, not just
the ones above:Abraham Lincoln (different from B; you are not looking for what these people said about the above topics)
Mike Tyson
John Lennon
Marilyn Monroe
Mahatma Gandhi
Then write them down or copy and paste according to this style:“Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your Country.”–John F. Kennedy
Explanation: we all know who Kennedy was, so just his name is sufficient.
If for numbers 1 though 5, you never heard of the writer or speaker, research
what that person is or was, like poet, politician, philosopher, etc.“After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it
backwards and in high heels.”–Ann Richards, the 45th governor of TexasExplanation: most do not know who Richards was, so you add more about her (above).
Most students probably do not know who Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were: a dance team, two actors who made several movies together in the 1930s. A beautiful scene of theirs is in the prison drama The Green Mile (the main sequence start at the 2 minute mark):
Separately, here is a YouTube sampling of their work:
(Reread the quote about them. The point is that the woman did everything the man did but for her it was harder because of her shoes and the fact that usually men take the lead in dancing, so the women do the steps backwards…)
One last thing: for such quotes to be effective, they must be accurate, and here is where you should Google to make sure.
JFK did not say “Don’t ask,” he said “Ask not.”A)”Allah does not burden a soul beyond that it can bear” -Quran 2:286
“I had a dream” -Martin Luther King Jr  Isn’t it HAVE, not HAD?
“Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else even cared” -Tupac Shakur
“Im starting with the man in the mirror, Im asking him to change his ways” -Michael Jackson check your punctuation. Do you see red lines?
“1877 Kars for Kids K-A-R-S Kars for kids” -Kars4Kids commercial
B)”Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will” -Nelson Mandela
“A dream does not become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work” -Colin Powell
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men” -Fredrick Douglass
“Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So each is inevitably disappointed.” -Albert Einstein
“Once we realize we are all members of humanity, we will want to compete in the spirit of love” -Muhammed Ali
C) “Let none falter, who thinks he is right, and we may succeed” – Abraham Lincoln
“God lets everything happen for a reason” -Mike Tyson
“Love is the flower you’ve got to let grow” -John Lennon
“A girl doesn’t need anyone who doesn’t need her” -Marilyn Monroe
“Its easy to stand in the crowd but it takes courage to stand alone” -Mahatma Gandhi
Good quotes but two problems: you need dashes, not hyphens. Dashes are two hypens in a row. You also aren’t using apostrophes where you need them
all of your sources needed dashes, not hyphens.
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A)
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” – John 3:16
“May the force be with you.” – Star Wars
“Just do it.”- Nike
“Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away.” – The Beatles–specifically in their case, you need to credit the songwriter, either John Lenon or, more likely, Paul McCartney.
B)
“Money often costs too much.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Chose a job you live, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” – Confucius  LOVE
“Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.”- Neil Postman  Do you know who that is?
“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” – Mignon McLaughlin  Do you know who that is?
“Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.” – Napolean Bonaparte
C)
“Whatever you are, be a good one.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Everyone has a plan ’till they get punched in the mouth.” – Mike Tyson
“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” – John Lennon He was not the first person to say this even though he may be on record for it. It predates him by many years.
“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” – Marilyn Monroe
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
Your quotes are very entertaining.
A) “Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths” Psalm 25:4.
“Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly” John F. Kennedy.
“Love looks not with the eyes” Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’Â Italicize the title of a play or film
“Never hate your enemies, it clouds your judgment” The Godfather.     Italicize the title of a play or film
“If I could save time in a bottle, the first thing I’d like to do is to save every day till eternity passes away” Jim Croce.
“Greatness is not born, it’s made” Nike.
B) “Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will” Nelson Mandala.
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do” Steve Jobs.
“The important thing is to teach a child that good can always triumph over evil” Walt Disney.
“Keep your eyes wide open before marriage and half shut aftewards” Benjamin Franklin.
“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness” Dalai Lama.
C) “Those who look for bad in people will surely find it” -Abraham Lincoln.
Explanation: people have their limits, once you try me, you will find me.
     “I’m a bad guy. But if I was a good guy, nobody would want to pay to see me fight” -Mike Tyson.
     “Reality leaves a lot to the imagination” -John Lennon.
     “A wise girl knows her limits, a smart girl knows that she has none” -Marilyn Monroe.
      “In a gentle way, you can shake the world” -Mahatma Gandhi.Â
Explanation: In a gentle manner, we can impact the world.
All of your quotes need dashes, not hyphens, between the quotes and the sources. Â
A) “No one will reap except what they sow” – Quran 6:164
“Common sense is not so common.” – Voltaire
“Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something” – Dread Pirate Roberts, Princess Bride    Italicize the title of a play or film
“Every gun makes its own tune.” – Blondie, The Good, The Bad and the Ugly song titles need quote marks
“Take care of those you call your own and keep good company.” – Good Company, Queen people before titles
“The milk chocolate that melts in your mouth, not in your hand.” – M&M’s sloganB) “Never spend your money before you have earned it.”- Thomas Jefferson
“Don’t count the days, make the days count.” – Muhammad Ali
“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children” – Nelson Mandela
“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.”- Mignon McLaughlin Do you know who that is?
“My principles are more important than the money or my title.” – Mohammed AliC) ” The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world.” – Mike Tyson
“There’s no other time but the present. Anything else is a waste of time.” – John Lennon
“I live to succeed, not to please you or anyone else.” – Marilyn Monroe
“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.” – Mahatma GandhiGood quotes, but you needed dashes in each of them.
A)
“Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” — 1 John 4:8
“A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.” – Marget Thatcher
“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
“May the force be with you” – Star Wars franchise
“I don’t wanna die, I sometimes wish I’d never been born at all” – Queen
“we have the meats” – Arbys
B)
“The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.” – Albert Einstein
“Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.” – Anne Frank
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” – Frederick Douglass
“There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.” – Princess Diana
“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.” – Albert Einstein
c)
“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” – Abraham Lincoln
“I don’t understand why people would want to get rid of pigeons. They don’t bother no one.” – Mike Tyson
“Everybody loves you when you’re six feet in the ground.” – John Lennon
“Don’t you know that a man being rich is like a girl being pretty? You wouldn’t marry a girl just because she’s pretty, but my goodness, doesn’t it help?” – Marliyn Monroe
“Action expresses priorities” – Mahatma Gandhi
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