Base your examples on works studied this term. Remember that you may quote words from Temple Grandin's speech at Ted.com, for example. Try using the interactive transcript at the right of the video window. I will post samples this weekend. In the meantime, try writing a few examples of your own for practice.
One sentence that introduces a quote, uses a comma to separate the quote and has the quote end the sentence.
One sentence that introduces a quote with a colon.
One sentence with the quoted words in the middle of a sentence.
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Temple Grandin informs us that “the autistic mind . . . tends to get fixated,” and also offers a solution, suggesting that teachers could “use that fixation to motivate.” (this is a “hybrid” showing a quote both inside and at the end of a sentence)
William Zinsser makes a bold statement about a writer’s vocabulary: “The Anglo-Saxon words will set you free.”
Shane Koycan, in the full version of “We Are More,” uses an apt metaphor for a multicultural Canada when he says, “we are cultures strung together / then woven into a tapestry.”
In Edwidge Danticat’s story, “Ghosts,” she describes for us the exhausted face of Pascal’s mother as “darker than the bottom of the burned pot she was scrubbing.”
From Tatyana:
Let me put my examples based on “We Are More” by Shane Koyczan.
“We are not just fishing stories,” he says, “about the one that got away.”
When defining Canada, Shane Koyczan shows us that “We are an idea in the process of being realized,” and we are trying to do our best “Because we believe in generations beyond our own.”
I like this statement the most: “We dream so big that there are those who would call our ambition an industry.”
The end of the story “Ghost” brought me a cold shiver when the gang leader Tiye said, “I just thought I’d give you a taste.”
Shane Koyczan, in his poem “We Are More”, presents the Canadian welcoming immigrant policy in a vivid visual picture: “We are hammers and nails building bridges/towards those who are willing to walk across.”
The various doors in the movie “Temple Grandin”, meaning different challenges, “open a whole new world” to the autistic Temple Grandin, all she needed to do was to go through it.
John Allemang asked an important question when he said, "Do normal people even try?"
William Zinsser gives good advice: “Short sentences are better than long sentences.”
In the story “Ghosts” by Edwidge Danticat when the students said, ”It’s not polite to shoot at funeral processions,” I didn’t understand if they were trying to be funny.
In the story “Ghosts” by Edwidge Danticat, Pascal noticed, “that Tiye’s gums were bright red, as though he had a prepetual infection or had been eating raw meat”.
In William Zinsser’s handout about “Writing Good English” I love the way she describe: “how you write is how you define yourself to people”.
“We Are More” poem by Shane Koyczan she describes, that stereotype “Canadian are known by “Zed” instead of Zee”.
It started with a very strong impression in Edwidge Danticat`s fiction “Ghost,” that has unusual background with “hundreds of middle-school children entering a national art contest drew M-16s and beheaded corps.”
William Zinsser focuses on simplicity in his speech: “Short is always better than long.”
In the poem “We Are More” by Shane Koyczan , he mentioned “newcomers” to describe Canada as a multicultural socity.
Shane Kaycan shows us a Canadian multicultural society when he said “we are cultures strung together”.
One of William Zinsser’s saying is very important in writing. He said “be yourself”. Write what you feel and as whom you are.
As William Zinsser said “simple is good”. This means to write in a simple way and also use clear and simple words.
*Using a comma to separate the quote and having the quote end the sentence
Temple Grandin in her speech at Ted.com mentions that "to understand animals, autism, and art requires getting away from verbal language," and furthermore, "the thing about the autistic mind is it attends to detail."
Prof. Grandin says, "If you think completely in words… you're just not thinking like an animal," and she also mentions that the animal mind "put sensory based information into categories."
*A quote with a colon
William Zinsser suggests that a good writing should follow four principles: "Clarity, Simplicity, Brevity, and Humanity" to international students.
*Sentence with the quote words in the middle of a sentence
In the Poem "We Are More", Shane Koyczan describes Canadian as "hammers and nails" which are "building bridges toward those who are willing to walk across" that appropriately shows the spirit of Canada.
From William Zinsser’s suggestion about “Simple is good”, he gave us an appropriate explanation “Writing is not something you have to embroider with fancy stitches to make yourself look smart.”
The story “Ghosts” by Edwidge Danticat describes Pascal Dorien feels lonely about his brother leaving him:“If he were younger, he might have started crying, the way kids cry for their mothers. ”
In the story “Ghosts”, Edwidge Danticat reveals the policemen’s action as violent as gang member with “balaclava-covered face, members of the special of forces, knocked down the front gate of his parents’ house.”
In Temple Grandin's speech at Ted.com, she says "the world is going to need all of different kind of minds to work together. We’ve got to work on developing all these kinds of minds" and she concerns that “autism children are not social and nobody is working on developing their interest."
William Zinsser advices students in writing good English: “Short is better than long.”
“We are more” Shane Koycan defined “as simple as please and thank you and as for you're welcome” to describe Canadian are so nice to treat new immigrants.
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