Integrating quotes
a. Marley says in his speech that life is full of choices ‘life is one big road with lots of signs.’ OR
b. Marley suggests that ‘life is one big road with lots of signs.’ This gives hope to an audience who may feel lost in life.
TASK: Add punctuation to one of these to improve it.
a. Hepburn talks about laughing, for example ‘It’s probably the most important thing in a person.’ OR
b. Hepburn contemplates laughing and considers it the ‘most important thing in a person.’
TASK: Re-write the one that’s not as good to make it better.
a. Mrs Lyons doesn’t believe in superstition ‘There’s no such thing as a bogey man. It’s a-a superstition.’ Thi shows that she’s different to Mrs Johnstone and doesn’t believe in superstition. OR
b. Russell shows that Mrs Lyons is the opposite of Mrs Johnstone and dismisses superstitions such as ‘the bogey man.’ The audience can see yet another example of the class divides between the women.
TASK: Re-write the one that’s not as good to make it better.
Square brackets: can be used in quotes to add in your own words; making it integrate more easily:
A critic has said that 'He is all consumed by jealousy, which proves fatal.' TO
A critic has said that ‘[Othello] is all consumed by jealousy, which proves fatal.’