QUOTATIONS

INTEGRATING QUOTATIONS

1. Do NOT begin sentences with quotations

For example, “spreading his dark arms above his partner’s every move.”

The poet compares the relationship to a pair of ice dancers,” the eagle spreads his dark arms above his partners every move” just as a pair of ice dancer s dancing.

2. Avoid weaker phrasing. These sentence constructs will earn a 4/6 at best.

  • When she says “like the male of a pair of dancers,” it shows the two are alike. This means . .
  • The line “parallel like the male of a pair of ice dancers” depicts the eagle’s power and dominance.

The eagle is powerful and dominant “like the male of a pair of ice dancers.”

The eagle “like the male of a pair of ice dancers” is powerful and dominant. with power and dominance.

The eagle flies across the sky ‘like the male of a pair of ice dancers.”

  • In the quote / line“ spreading his dark arms above his partner’s every move” showshow they are alike.

As the eagle pursues the gull, it spreads “. ..

  • The line “they swirl around the death duo” is also about the crows swarming the birds like an audience.

The crows “swirl . . .

Like an enthusiastic audience, the crows swarm and “swirl . . .

  • She later writes“ I miss the coup de grace in passing, some bushes obscure my view.”

The speaker misses “the coup de grace in passing, some bushes obscure[her] view.”

  • Examples such as “the eagle is always above and behind” show the dominance of the eagle.
  • When the poem mentions “the eagle is above and behind it” it describes the exact position a lead dancer would have.
  • She wrote “the eagle is always above and behind” to give a clear image of how synchronized they are.
  • This is first evident when the poet explains how “… the eagle is always above and behind it, parallel, like the male of the pair of ice dancers “ which shows that the male dancer follows the female’s lead.
  • In the poem on line 9-10 the author states “The eagle is always behind it, parallel like the male of a pair of ice dancers” therefore the eagle is in control of the chase.
  • When the writer uses the description “spreading his dark arms above his partner’s every move” for the two birds, the reader is able to imagine an ice dancing performance.
  • She describes the battle as an ice dance such as the quote “spreading his dark arms above his partner’s every move.”
  • The crows are briefly stated as the audience in the line “Perhaps it is confused by the crows, that gallery of scalawags.”