Practicing Incorporating a Quotation

Lots of teachers use the movie Glory because of its historical accuracy in fact, in a review by James Berardinelli he states that "Glory has become one of the most frequently shown motion picture in high school."

What I have learned today in was how to paraphrase and practicing incorporation a quotation. The idea of paraphrasing is to put the words of the author in our own word without making a summary of what they had said. In practicing incorporating quotation i have learned that to make sense of the quote itself, I have to make a reasoning of why I am using the quote and to back that reasoning.

 Mrs. Lawson wanted us to learn:

Only use a quote when it adds power and style to my writing.

Always make it clear, from context, that I understand the full meaning of the quote.

Whether I quote or paraphrase, always be transparent about the source and how I'm using it.

If I use another authors exact words or phrases to any extent, I have to use the quotation marks and give credit.

If I use another's  authors presentation of facts or ideas, but put their their ideas in my own words, i better have a good reason for doing that, and I MUST give credit.

Hyperlinking is so easy, there is no excuse for not being transparent about my sources.

I understand the idea of quotation, but I do need to do more paraphrasing eve though i understand what i am doing.