As He Himself Puts It

The Art of Quoting

Quote Relevant Passages
Frame Every Quotation

Templates for Introducing Quotations
· X states, “______.”
· As the prominent philosopher X put it, “______.”
· According to X, “______.”
· X himself writes, “______.”
· In her book, ______, X maintains that “______.”
· Writing in the journal Commentary, X complains that “______.”
· In X’s view, “______.”
· X agrees when she writes, “______.”
· X disagrees when he writes, “______.”
· X complicates matters further when she writes, “______.”

Templates for Explaining Quotations
· Basically, X is saying ______.
· In other words, X believes ______.
· In making this comment, X argues that ______.
· X is insisting that ______.
· X’s point is that ______.
· The essence of X’s argument is that ______.

Blend the Author’s Words with Your Own
How Not to Introduce Quotations