Dear Gail,
You’ve changed my relationship with quote citations. I no longer despise them like I did before.
Before I started this project, I had a vague understanding of how to use sources. In high school, English and History teachers would beat it into us- not literally, thankfully- until we were quoting in our dreams. I understood how to do it but it was a methodical process; I wasn’t really using the hamburger method to explain my sources; instead, I was following guidelines. In other words, I wasn’t using the quote hamburger to its full potential.
Source: QuotesGram
This is one example of how a quote hamburger can be done, but Gail showed us a different version that I believe is much more descriptive. There are 3 main parts: introducing the author and who he or she is, explaining the background of the source, and introducing and explaining the journal in which it was published. This method satisfies all of the required information.
Even better, it’s really easy. It still involves some reading and summarizing, but these three requirements are an easy way to start off the quote in an essay. The main difficulty- isn’t it always?- is finding out how to summarize the article, author background, and journal background concisely.
So, I would like to personally thank you, Gail, for changing my relationship with quote hamburgers. I will be forever grateful to you for showing me a better way of introducing my sources.
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