HACKS to FLAWLESSLY Integrate Textual Evidence!
Summary
TLDRIn this engaging video, the host of the Garden of English channel addresses the importance of integrating direct quotes into analytical essays for AP Language and AP Literature students. Despite a scratchy voice due to illness, the host demonstrates dedication by sharing tips on how to effectively use quotes within a 9 to 13 word range, ensuring they are seamlessly woven into the essay's narrative. The video emphasizes the significance of textual evidence and provides discourse markers to guide the reader. The host also models how to provide context for quotes using examples from the AP English Language Exam and the AP Literature Exam, highlighting the need for a smooth flow between the writer's words and the text's. The video concludes with an invitation to access an Ultimate Review Guide for further AP exam preparation, encouraging viewers to engage with the content by liking, subscribing, and watching related videos.
Takeaways
- 🎓 Start with the text: Always have the text you're responding to in front of you and include quotes from it in your essay.
- 📝 Textual Evidence: After a strong topic sentence, provide textual evidence using discourse markers to introduce examples.
- 🚫 Avoid Long Quotes: Keep direct quotes within a 9 to 13 word range to maintain clarity and coherence.
- 🔍 Selective Quoting: Choose only the most important parts of a quote and integrate them seamlessly into your paragraph.
- 🌊 Seamless Integration: Make the transition from your words to the quote and back again smooth, like 'channeling your inner Elsa'.
- ➡️ Use Discourse Markers: Start the second sentence of your paragraph with phrases like 'for example' or 'take for instance' to set up your quote.
- 🔄 Provide Context: Summarize the information around your textual evidence to provide context before introducing the quote.
- 📚 Model Examples: The video provides models using the Chavez piece from the 2015 AP English Language Exam and the 2010 Form B Question 2 to illustrate the process.
- 📈 Watch Previous Videos: Ensure you've watched the thesis and topic sentence videos before this one to understand how all parts of an essay interrelate.
- 📚 Ultimate Review Guide: The Garden of English is producing an 'ultimate review packet' with exclusive materials for AP exam preparation.
- 👍 Engage with the Content: The presenter humorously suggests that likes and subscribes on YouTube are the best cure for their scratchy voice, indicating the value of audience engagement.
Q & A
What is the primary focus of today's video in the 'Garden of English' series?
-The primary focus of today's video is to teach viewers how to seamlessly integrate quotes into their analytical paragraphs for essays.
Why is it important to include quotes from the text you are analyzing in your essay?
-Including quotes from the text is important because it demonstrates your ability to synthesize your thoughts and reasoning with the actual text, which is a valuable skill for AP exams and beyond.
What is a discourse marker, and how is it used in the context of writing an analytical essay?
-A discourse marker is a phrase that signals to the reader how the upcoming information relates to the topic sentence. It is used to segue into an example or evidence in the second sentence of a body paragraph.
What is the recommended length for direct quotes in an analytical essay?
-The recommended length for direct quotes in an analytical essay is between 9 to 13 words.
How should you integrate quotes into your essay to make them seamless?
-To integrate quotes seamlessly, you should select the most important parts of the quote, provide context before and after the quote, and use your own words to link the language in the quotes so that the transition between your words and the text is smooth.
What is the 'Garden of English Ultimate Review Packet' and how can it help students preparing for their AP exams?
-The 'Garden of English Ultimate Review Packet' is a special guide that includes exclusive review notes, guides, materials, videos not found on YouTube, practice multiple-choice questions with explanations, and it covers all nine units for the College Board course and exam description. It also offers practice exams.
What is the significance of watching the thesis and topic sentence videos before this one?
-Watching the thesis and topic sentence videos before this one is important to understand how all parts of an essay interrelate and to see how the integration of quotes fits into the overall structure of an analytical essay.
How does the presenter suggest using the text from the piece you're analyzing?
-The presenter suggests using the text from the piece as a moral obligation to include direct quotes in your essay, rather than just paraphrasing or summarizing.
What is the presenter's opinion on the presenter's own voice in the video?
-The presenter acknowledges that their voice is a little scratchy, which is attributed to being sick and using their voice extensively, including spending over two and a half hours with students.
What is the humorous analogy used by the presenter to explain the process of integrating quotes into an essay?
-The presenter uses the analogy of making a tuna sandwich to explain the process of selecting and integrating quotes, emphasizing the need to only use the most relevant parts of the quote, just as one would drain a can of tuna before making a sandwich.
What is the presenter's suggestion for ensuring that the quotes are not too long in the essay?
-The presenter suggests that after providing a discourse marker and a lead-in phrase, one should use the words 'after' or 'before' to summarize the context around the textual evidence, which will then flow naturally into the quote.
How does the presenter use the term 'channeling your inner Elsa' in the context of writing?
-The term 'channeling your inner Elsa' is used to encourage a smooth and seamless integration of quotes into the essay, much like the character Elsa from Disney's 'Frozen' lets her powers flow naturally.
Outlines
🗣️ Mastering Quote Integration in Analytical Essays
The first paragraph introduces the topic of integrating quotes into analytical paragraphs. The speaker, despite having a scratchy voice due to illness, shares dedication to creating content for the audience. The focus is on providing tips for effectively using direct quotes in essays, following up on previous videos about thesis statements and topic sentences. The speaker emphasizes the importance of including quotes from the text being analyzed, using discourse markers to introduce examples, keeping quotes concise (9-13 words), and seamlessly integrating quotes into the paragraph. An analogy of making a tuna sandwich is used to illustrate the need for selecting only the most relevant parts of a quote. The speaker also provides examples using pieces from AP English Language and Literature exams.
📚 Providing Context for Quotes in Analytical Writing
The second paragraph continues the discussion on integrating quotes by demonstrating how to provide context for textual evidence within an essay. The speaker models how to use discourse markers such as 'for instance' and 'take for example' to introduce quotes, ensuring that they flow naturally from the writer's own language. The paragraph includes examples from the AP English Language exam (Chavez piece) and the AP English Literature exam (2010 Form B Question 2), showing how to connect the topic sentence with textual evidence without exceeding 13 words in a quote. The speaker also mentions the creation of the 'Garden of English Ultimate Review Packet,' a resource for AP exam preparation, and encourages viewers to like, subscribe, and watch more videos for further assistance.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Garden of English
💡AP Lit and AP Lang
💡Thesis Statements
💡Topic Sentences
💡Direct Quotes
💡Discourse Markers
💡Synthesize
💡Non-Violent Tactics
💡First Person Narrator
💡Youthful Misunderstandings
💡Ultimate Review Guide
Highlights
The presenter has a scratchy voice due to extensive use and being a little sick, demonstrating dedication to making videos for the audience.
The video focuses on integrating quotes into analytical paragraphs, a skill useful for AP Lang and AP Lit students as well as any literary or rhetorical analysis assignments.
It is suggested to watch the thesis and topic sentence videos before this one to understand how all parts of an essay interrelate.
Including direct quotes from the text you're analyzing is considered a moral obligation when writing an essay, as it shows the ability to synthesize thoughts with the text.
Textual evidence should follow an awesome topic sentence, with the use of discourse markers to signal the introduction of an example.
Direct quotes should ideally be kept within a 9 to 13 word range to maintain coherence and avoid a disjointed essay.
The presenter humorously compares adding quotes to making a tuna sandwich, emphasizing the need to select only the most important parts.
To integrate quotes seamlessly, the presenter advises providing context and letting the textual evidence flow naturally from your own words.
The use of phrases such as 'for instance' or 'take for example' can help to introduce textual evidence smoothly.
The presenter models how to provide context by using the words 'before' and 'after' to summarize information around the textual evidence.
The video includes examples from the 2015 AP English Language Exam and the 2010 Form B Question 2 to illustrate the integration of quotes.
The presenter emphasizes the importance of not allowing more than 13 words inside any one set of quotes to maintain the flow of the essay.
Using one's own words to link the language in the quotes ensures a smooth transition and readability.
The presenter mentions a special guide called the 'Garden of English Ultimate Review Packet' for AP exam preparation.
The review packet includes exclusive review notes, guides, materials, videos, practice multiple-choice questions, and follows the entire College Board course and exam description.
The presenter playfully encourages viewers to 'channel their inner Elsa' to let the integration of quotes flow effortlessly in their writing.
The video concludes with a call to action for viewers to like, subscribe, and watch more videos that will aid in their AP exam preparation.
Transcripts
welcome back to the garden of english
those of you who tube the you i'm happy
you're here you may notice that my voice
is a little scratchy today and it's
because i've been using it a bunch
lately like when i spent some time with
ms rodriguez's ap lit and ap lang
students for over two and a half hours
this past week huge shout out to phineas
banning hi go pilots by the way i also
sound like there's sandpaper climbing
out of my throat because well truthfully
i'm a little sick and i'm still making
vids for you now that's dedication thing
is my doctor said the best cure for
something like this is a bunch of likes
and subscribes on youtube so i guess you
know what to do wait did i just
shamelessly exploit the fact that i'm
sick to gain some youtube perks
no okay today we're going to be
seamlessly integrating quotes into our
analytical paragraphs if you've been
following me over the past few weeks you
know i've been walking you through
different reading and writing processes
my most recent videos have given you
templates and tips for how to write
thesis statements and topic sentences
and before that i even showed you how to
annotate non-fiction texts these videos
have been for both ap lang and ap lit
folks but you can know that all of what
i've presented actually works for any
literary or rhetorical analysis
assignments not just for those in your
ap classes in order for today's video to
actually make sense though you're gonna
want to make sure that you've watched
the thesis and topic sentence videos
before you watch this one so you can see
how all the parts of an essay
interrelate my other videos are labeled
and linked in the description right
below this video now let's get into some
tips to help you masterfully include
direct quotes in your analytical essays
here's a note though after i go over the
tips i'm going to show you models with
the chavez and clear pieces that i've
been using throughout this video series
so we could see this in both lang and
lit the first tip i have for you may
seem like a no-brainer but i do have to
say whenever you have the text you're
responding to in front of you you should
see it as your moral obligation to
actually include quotes from that piece
in the essay you're writing is it true
that you can get away with paraphrasing
or summarizing on your ap exam
absolutely yes but it would be better to
show that you can synthesize your
thoughts and line of reasoning with
actual text from the piece you're
exploring so you're going to want to do
that let's go to tip 2. after you
provide an awesome topic sentence much
like the ones that you can see at the
bottom of my screen right now you must
provide textual evidence you'll notice
i've got laying and examples down there
in order to make sure that you do this i
want to encourage you to start the
second sentence of your paragraph with a
phrase that works as a discourse marker
for your line of reasoning what i mean
here is this just start your second
sentence in your body paragraph with a
phrase that tells your reader that
you're going to segue into an example
here are some phrases that can do such
for example take for example how for
instance and anything like that you may
not think this is very important but it
is because it's a signal to your reader
about how what's to come relates to your
topic sentence when you're deciding to
put direct quotes in your writing you
should try to keep your quotes within a
9 to 13 word range picture adding quotes
in your paper like making a tuna
sandwich you can't just open a can of
tuna and pour it onto the bread
otherwise you'd have a soggy tuna
sandwich
i think i'm gonna be sick instead you
have to drain the water or oil in the
can and only take the meat you need to
create a savory meal it's the same with
writing you need to only pick out the
most important parts of your quote and
then integrate those words into your
paragraph now this leads me to tip four
most students just drop quotes from the
text into their writing you don't want
to do this especially if you're trying
to pick out only the best words to add
into your sentence instead you want to
take those 9 to 13 words you're trying
to add to your paragraph and do it
seamlessly what this means is that you
don't want to be able to tell when your
words end and your actual textual
evidence begins besides the fact that
the textual evidence will be surrounded
in quotation marks in my class i call
this channeling your inner elsa because
you just need to let it flow so how can
you do this easy provide context if you
start the second sentence of your body
paragraph with any of the discourse
markers i mentioned in tip 2 right after
you put that language in your piece
you're going to want to follow that
phrase either with the word after or
before the reason why is because this
will force you to summarize what happens
in the reading around your textual
evidence and by summarizing that
information you can then flow right into
your quote that you want to put into
your paper let me model this for you
we'll start with the chavez piece that
is from the 2015 ap english language
exam that you can find linked right down
below if my topic sentences cesar chavez
begins by invoking the memory of an
american civil rights hero in order to
present the power of non-violent tactics
my second sentence would now have to
include the textual evidence where
chavez invokes the memory of an american
civil rights icon so i'd write for
instance before he defines the
principles of his movement chavez
reminds his audience that dr king's
entire life serves as an example of the
power that non-violence can be in the
real world now for lit we're going to
think about the 2010 form b question 2
and that's also provided in the
description down below if my topic
sentences claire begins by presenting a
first person narrator reflecting on two
youthful misunderstandings which
highlights the speaker's immaturity my
second sentence would have to provide
the textual evidence of at least one
youthful misunderstanding take for
example how after the narrator
acknowledges that the most important
parts of her life were her summer
vacations she reveals her desire to
adopt a philosophy that she was in the
world but not of it even though she
wasn't quite sure what the lofty
statement meant you'll want to notice
how i modeled what to do to provide
context with the words before and after
so you can see how each of them works to
force you to provide the context that's
needed to flow into a quote you should
also look at those examples and see how
at no point did i allow more than 13
words to be inside any one set of quotes
at a time instead i used my own words to
link the language in the quotes so that
the quotes weren't too long and that my
language flowed right in between you can
know if you channel your favorite disney
princess and let it flow because you
won't be able to tell where your words
end and the text begins besides the fact
that there are quotation marks so next
time you're practicing this you'll want
to read your second sentence of your
body paragraph out loud if you can tell
the difference between your words and
the text you're including you need to
readjust now if you're looking for more
tips to help you study for your ap exam
i want to let you know that we're
producing a garden of english ultimate
review packet this is a special guide
that gives you exclusive review note
guides materials videos you won't be
able to find on youtube practice
multiple choice and explanations and it
follows the whole nine units for the
college board course and exam
description it also offers you practice
exams as well you can access the link to
the ultimate review guide right in the
description down below now that you know
how to channel your inner elsa you're
going to want to celebrate by clicking
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