Quote Integration

When you combine your writing with a line from the text, you have to include the following:

• A transition phrase, to let the reader know you're going to give an example or proof.
• The speaker of the quote, or
• The situation the quote is taken from (Does the reader need to know where the speaker is? What is happening?)
• Quotation marks around the words taken directly from the text.
• The page number, in parenthesis, after the quote and before the period.

Examples:

For Example, on Aeaea, Odysseus tells Circe, "I cannot eat without my men" (985). This shows his loyalty to his men and eventually, she does free them.

Odysseus learns to be wise throughout his journey. Athena tells the reader, "When Odysseus turned down Kalypso's gift of immortality, I knew tha this guile had matured into wisdom" (56).

Odysseus shows pride when he reveals his name to the Cyclops. He yells, "If ever mortal man inquire how you were put to shame and blinded, tell him Odysseus, raider of cities, took your eye" (911).