Handout: 'MLA: Using Quotes--Soto

MLA Workshop. Selecting, Editing, and Integrating Quotations. Selecting Quotations. The purpose of integrating quotations into a paper is to offer the support that you will analyze and explain in relationship to your topic sentences, which, of course, ultimately support your thesis; therefore, you must carefully select your quotations so that they directly relate to your argument. ................
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