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Lesson: Incorporating Quoted Text (continued)
Incorporating longer quotations: Indent quotations of more than three or four lines, and set them off without quotation marks.
Douglass writes about his sense of isolation:
There I was in the midst of thousands, and yet a perfect stranger; without home and without friends, in the midst of thousands of my own brethren—children of a common Father, and yet I dared not to unfold to any one of them my sad condition. I was afraid to speak to anyone.
The text indicates that his loneliness was profound. . . .
Check Your Understanding
On your own paper, write three paragraphs explaining the meaning of a text or passage in your book. Use at least three quoted pieces of textual evidence to support your ideas.
8 SpringBoard® Writing Workshop with Grammar Activities Grade 8
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