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The Quote Sandwich
College Mathematics (MAT 142)
Arizona State University
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The Quote Sandwich
Guidelines for Quotations:
To ensure that your reader fully understands how the quote you are using supports you thesis, you must smoothly incorporate the quote into your paragraph; otherwise, your reader may be left unsure of why you used the quote. The “ quote sandwich ” is a method that aids you in effectively adding quotes. See below for a further explanation.
Introduce It!
Before adding your quote introduce it with a signal phrase or a marker verb (see the marker verb handouts).
Ex: The article explains that ...
Quotation + Citation!
After you have introduced your quote with a signal phrase or marker verb add in your quote.
Ex: The author explains that “Franklin’s voracious capacity for knowledge, investigation and finding practical solutions to problems” resulted in many inventions that benefited early American communities.
Explain It!
Now that you’ve added in your quote, explain why the quote is important. What do you think it means? How does it connect to your topic sentence and thesis? (Your explanation should be at least as long, or longer that the quotation itself.
Introducing Quotations 1
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To guarantee that your reader clearly follows your reading, you should introduce your quotes with a signal phrase or marker verb rather than simply plopping the quote down. If you add in a quote without any sort of introduction, your reader may no understand how the quote connects to your paragraph even if it makes sense to you (think of it as a similar to a random thought in a conversation).
Below are some examples of signal phrases and maker verbs that you can use to introduce your quotes:
Signal Phrases Marker Verbs
- According to...
- In her article...
- In the opinion of ...
- (Author’s name) shows that...
- (Author’s name) argues that...
- (Author’s name) + (a marker verb from the right)
Acknowledges Agrees Believes Compares Denies Endorses Implies Observes Refutes Responds
Writes Adds Argues Claims Confirms disputes Grants Insists Points out Rejects Suggests
Admits Asserts Comments Declares Emphasizes Illustrates Notes Reasons Reports Thinks
For Example :
Dwight Bolinger notes that “in a society where women and farmers are regarded as
inferior, sex differences and occupational differences become class differences” (99).
Malcolm X writes, “ I was so fascinated that I went on- I copied the dictionary’s next page.
And the same experience came when I studied that. With every succeeding page, I also
learned of people and places and events from history” (89).
Elizabeth Wong comments that “The Language was a source of embarrassment. More
times than not, I had tried to dissociate myself from the nagging loud voice that followed
me wherever I wandered in the nearby American supermarket outside Chinatown” (291).
1 Adapted from Deanza Community College Writing Center Tutorials.
The Quote Sandwich
Course: College Mathematics (MAT 142)
University: Arizona State University
