Using Quotes Gives Evidence
Using Quotes Makes Your Reader More Inclined to Believe You
If a quote from JRR Tolkein himself is linked in, then the statement becomes more believable. Mr Tolkein created the story and in his mind, he imagined a round entrance doorway. If he hadn’t have written it down, then Hobbiton would not have round doors into all the homes. An improved statement would be followed by a relevant quote:
The second example (above) shows that JRR Tolkein was very clear about the round doors that hobbits had in their homes. The added quote is:
- Relevant to the subject. The quote used is about round doors, which is what I wanted to write about.
- In quotation marks. These marks “ show the bit that is taken exactly from the book. You should use these quotation marks to clearly show your quote.
- Integrated into the writing. This means that it flows on from what I was saying. It is a smoother way to include quotes than something like this…My quote to show this is. “It had a perfectly round door...” etc
EXAMPLE (from p43)
The goblins were disappointed that they could not catch Gandalf. We know this because "There was a howl of anger and surprise" when the Lord of the Eagles rescued him from the tree. They were 'angry' because they thought they had won and they were 'surprised' because they didn't expect it.
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