Integrating Quotations

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.”