How to incorporate quotes in your paragraphs

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Think, pair, share

What is the purpose of a quote?

IICE: Introduce, Insert, Cite, Explain

TIICE: Transition, Introduce, Insert, Cite, Explain

IICE and TIICE

IICE is used when inserting a quote the first quote.

It is not enough to just throw a quote in, there are several ways to use quotes properly.

When using IICE…

If you are incorporating more than one quote into a paragraph, you must transition smoothly into it. This is when you TIICE!

Transition Words!◦ https://www.msu.edu/~jdowell/135/transw.html

When to TIICE

The direct quote: taking an exact quote and using it to prove your writing.

The block quote: Anything longer than four lines of writing must be written as a block. This too is an exact quote used to prove your own writing.

The integrated quote: (my favorite!) This quote integrates your writing with the writing in the quote you are going to be using.

Three different types of quotes

Topic Sentence 1st Detail Introduce the quote Insert the Quote Cite the Quote Explain the Quote Concluding Sentence

What Should Your Paragraph Look Like for IICE?

Topic Sentence 1st Detail Introduce the quote Insert the Quote Cite the Quote Explain the Quote 2nd Detail Transition Introduce Insert Cite Explain Concluding Sentence

What should you paragraph look like for TIICE?

The narrator states that, “Marley was as dead as a doornail” (Ferrians, Chapman 3). Similes are often used to place emphasis. Thus, this simile is showing the reader that Marley, beyond a shadow of a doubt, is dead.

How to IICE a direct quote.

The Narrator uses a simile and personification to show how dead Marley really is. This simile allows for a greater emphasis and attracts the readers attention. The emphasis, when doing a close reading will show the reader that this portion of the text is alluding to future events. He expresses,

Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatsoever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it. And Scrooge's name was considered good for any piece of business he chose to put his hand to. Marley was as dead as a doornail (Ferrians, Chapman 3).

Thus, in addition to the narrators insistence to provide proof of Marley’s death, he uses the simile to push this fact even further. It is the insistence on his death that really makes the reader wonder why this fact is important. Essentially, this quote is foreshadowing to the scene in Scrooge’s bedroom where he is met by Marley’s ghost and warned about the three spirits. Had the reader not known that Marley was dead, the reader may not have been as impacted by this part.

How to IICE a block quote

The Narrator describes Marley as, “dead as a doornail.” Scrooge, whose “name [is] as good for any piece of business he chose to put his hand to,” even signed the document himself (Ferrians, Chapman 3). Thus, in addition to the narrators insistence to provide proof of Marley’s death, he uses the simile to push this fact even further. It is the insistence on his death that really makes the reader wonder why this fact is important. Essentially, this quote is foreshadowing to the scene in Scrooge’s bedroom where he is met by Marley’s ghost and warned about the three spirits. Had the reader not known that Marley was dead, the reader may not have been as impacted by this part.

How to IICE an integrated quote