[stylist] Block quotes

[Lynda Lambert]

Bridget,

That is a good suggestion.

Here's a tip:
Whatever  style you choose, be sure you are consistent and do your entire 
piece using that style. Students learn it in their first year of 
undergraduate work - in basic Intro. to Writing  (English Composition) 
courses because they will be using it in everything they write during the 
rest of their life.  This is a course that is mandatory for all majors 
during their first year, normally, their first semester in college. It 
provides the basis and structure on which everything you do in your classes 
will depend.

MLA style is usually used in literary  and academic writing in the 
humanities -
Everything you would ever need to know, you can find in the MLA handbook. 
All freshmen students were required to have a copy of it along with our text 
for the course.

Other styles are used by various  kinds of writings, dependent on the 
department.
(ie science;  business, education, etc.)

MLA was  required  in all of the courses I taught. Over the years, I taught 
in three different  disciplines/departments: Art History, Humanities, and 
English.
All  academic courses  in those disciplines require use of MLA.

Another good non-academic source for learning the elements of writing would 
be the Writer's Digest - each issue features various articles on the forms 
and styles of writing. You can subscribe to it on-line for free! This might 
be a good place to begin to learn about writing.







Lynda


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
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Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 4:25 PM
Subject: [stylist] Block quotes


> Eve,
>
> Block quotes are used when quoting a source that's longer than a couple
> of sentences. A block quote is it' own paragraph and each side is
> indented. Block quotes are used more in academic and scholarly writing
> than creative writing, though it certainly can be used.
>
> There are some great user-friendly writing style guide books available
> in accessible formats. A great one is by Strunk and White called the
> Elements of Stylewhich I refer to often. You can find it on BARD.
>
> Bridgit
> Message: 9
> Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:34:55 -0700
> From: Eve Sanchez <3rdeyeonly at gmail.com>
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> Shaun, Thank you, I am glad you enjoyed.   Donna, ;) What I never
> learned
> was how to write. I never took any writing or poetry classes. I was a
> visual artist (mostly painting and charcoal) and then finally got my
> degree in social work. I have always written, but never learned how to
> do things correctly; like punctuation and all the 'how to's'. I also
> never learned about poetry; reading or writing, so I have a lot of
> catching up to do now. Actually, if it wasn't for this computer, I would
> be totally illiterate now. I don't know Braille very well either. I
> started learning it and loved it, but due to conditions I had no control
> over, my education stopped. I love learning how to write poetry and such
> and love that you guys share your knowledge. Thank you all. Blessed Be.
> Eve
>
>
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