How to introduce and blend quotes properly:
How to introduce and blend quotes properly:
1. Quote introduction with an entire sentence before quote (use a colon):
The following is an example of how people are using the government in the wrong way: “Witness the present Mexican War, the work of comparatively a few individuals using the standing government as their tool” (Thoreau 212).
2. Quote introduction with a dependent clause before the quote (use a comma):
Thoreau uses an example of how people are using the government in the wrong way when he writes, “Witness the present Mexican War, the work of comparatively a few individuals using the standing government as their tool” (212).
3. Quote introduction that blends the quote within student’s sentence (pull words and phrases and blend with your sentence):
When Thoreau asks his audience to “witness the present Mexican War,” he uses an example to show how “a few individuals” use the government “as their tool” (212).
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