Monday, March 7, 2011

Assignment 34: "As He Himself Puts It"

34.  Read Chapter Three of They Say/I Say:  "As He Himself Puts It:  The Art of Quoting" (pp. 42-50).  Then look through the academic essay you have selected to analyze for this class and answer these questions:
a)  Does the essay have an "I say" moment?  If so, copy it down and identify the page on which it appears (it should be no more than a couple of sentences).  If not, explain why not and whether you think it would be stronger if it had one.
b)  Does the essay have a "They say" moment?  If so, copy part of it down and identify the page on which it appears (it should be no more than a couple of sentences).  If not, explain why not and whether you think it would be stronger if it had one.
c)  Does the essay include passage quoted from other texts?   If not, explain why not and whether you think it would be stronger if it did.  If it does, see if you can find an example of one well-framed quote and one poorly framed one.  Cut and paste into an e-mail these respective quotes and the paragraphs they appear in (including, presumably, their frame).

Send all of these to me via e-mail and bring a hard copy print out to class (along with the entire essay from which the examples are taken).  Due before class on Wednesday, March 9th.

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