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Examples
Using a quotation from an
outside source:
Even as a child, George Mallory
was willing to take great risks as a climber, and
"when there were no trees, Mallory climbed
buildings"(Jenkins 44).
Using a paraphrase from an
outside source:
Eighteenth-century conduct books
defined female modesty largely in terms of silence;
women were not encouraged to voice their opinions
or to question the authority of their male
protectors (Sulloway 162).
Referring to the author of an
outside source in the sentence:
Mark Jenkins suggests that
Mallory was so involved in climbing because it "was
the physical counterbalance to a vigorous
intellectual life"(44).
Referring to the text of a
work of literature:
In Jane Austen's novel, Pride
and Prejudice, Mr. Bennet admires Elizabeth
because "she has something more of quickness than
her sisters"(10), a quality that brings her in line
with the definition of his own personality, which
is composed of "quick parts, sarcastic humour,
reserve, and caprice"(11).
Using material already quoted
in an outside source:
Climbing Mt. Everest would be a
significant accomplishment for Mallory, but it
would also be a significant commitment of time and
resources. At base camp at the end of the second
expedition, Mallory wrote, " 'Frankly the game is
not good enough; the risks of getting caught are
too great; the margin of strength when men are at
great height is too small'"(qtd. in Jenkins
46).
Using
ellipses:
It is impossible to determine
whether or not Mallory and Irvine made it to the
summit. At some point, they fell. "They did not
fall far. . . .We know this because Mallory has
told us himself, by the nature of his injuries . .
.his injuries are not severe enough for there to be
any other explanation"(Simonson, Hemmleb, and
Johnson 74).
Indenting long
quotations:
George Mallory was willing to
take risks when he climbed from the time he was a
young boy:
When there were no trees, Mallory climbed
buildings. As an adolescent he would slip out of
windows and traverse tight-mortared British brick
-"buildering," three generations before the word
was coined. He free-climbed the tower of the Abbey
of Romsey and the tower of the Chamber Court of
Winchester. Years later, on a trip to America, he
was photographed climbing the fire escape of a New
York skyscraper upside down (Jenkins 44).
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