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Quotationa statement made by someone else that you use to support the points you are making

“ _”

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✓ The quote formulates your own point in a clear, interesting or memorable way

WHY The quote demonstrates

that someone else (with higher credibility) shares your ideas on the topic

you

Einstein

When to use quotations

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emphasisvariety

authority

Why use quotations

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An expert said it.

Types of quotations

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“I now believe that when a new family moves into a house, the house suffers something like a nervous breakdown.”

- David Owen

It’s pithy.

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Types of quotationsIt’s in the popular consciousness.

Left: http://books.google.com.hk/books/about/The_Walls_Around_Us.html?id=6CIUqgjvhVoC&redir_esc=y Centre : http://www.thecomfortcompany.net/sympathy-saying-on-a-memorial-stone.aspx Right: http://www.betterworldbooks.com/to-everything-there-is-a-season-id-9780802852861.aspx

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HOWto find the quotations

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Search operator: Exact phrase

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Search operator: Fill in the blank

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Search operator: Search within domain or site

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Wisenews• Search over 250 newspapers in South China simultaneously

Search newspapers

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❸Simultaneously search these excellent books of quotation online:• The Oxford Dictionary of American

Quotations• The Oxford Dictionary of Modern

Quotations• The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations• The Oxford Dictionary of Scientific

Quotations• Oxford Essential Quotations

Search Oxford Reference

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quotations proverbs

quotations Shakespeare

quotations dictionary

quotations bible

quotations medical

quotations American

quotations literary

Locate a book of quotations.

Search for books + ebooks

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tune in.

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take notes.

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Links to all of the materials covered (and a few more!) are available on the course guide:

http://hkbu.libguides.com/GCPS1005

Click on the “Quotations” tab

resources

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image creditsAdditional Image Credits

Slide 2: Karsh , Yousef. (1948). Albert Einstein [Photograph]. Retrieved from http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4670423

Slide 3: Ham, Michael. (2007). On the shoulders of Giants [Photograph]. Retrieved from http://leisureguy.wordpress.com/2007/03/23/

Slide 5: YESGO. (2012). Photo taking for Christine Loh's interview [Photograph]. Retrieved from http://www.yesgo.com.hk/updatednews.html

Slide 9: Lam, Venus. (2013). Surface Web and Deep Web [Illustration]. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Baptist University Library.

Slide 14: Orca Diving Center. (2009). Immagine 12 di 32 [Photograph]. Retrieved from http://www.orcadivingcenter.it/galleria-fotografica-porto-cesareo-salento-mare-jonio-immersioni

Slide 18: Simo, Fran. (2008). Readers II: Lleno por favor [Photograph]. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/fransimo/2918068088/

Slide 19: vlasta2. (2007). Commonplace book. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluefootedbooby/400422238/