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AP® English Literature and Composition · Literary Argumentation (Big Idea LAN, Skill Category 7)

7.D Embedding and Framing a Quotation

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  1. How it worksHow does a signal phrase fit a quotation inside your own sentence without breaking the grammar?
  2. How it worksWalk me through choosing how much of a line to quote so the evidence stays sharp.
  3. Worked exampleShow me one line of dialogue quoted three different ways and which version carries the argument best.
  4. Going furtherWhat changes about framing when the evidence is an event rather than a sentence you can quote?

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Version 1: 'In Act 4 the steward is evasive. "I could not say, sir, and would not if I could." This shows his character.' Version 2: 'Asked the last of the 7 questions, the steward answers that he "could not say, sir, and would not if I could", making the refusal the whole of the reply.' What does version 2 do better?

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