[stylist] Block quotes

[Eve Sanchez]

I will look up and down load that book tomorrow. As for any courses that I
may have taken when I first started college... Well, that would have been
in the 80s and I was drunk then. Eve

On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Lynda Lambert <llambert at zoominternet.net>wrote:

> 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>
> To: <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> 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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