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Okay, so we're gonna do a quick focus on introducing
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quotes in writing and the most basic terms.
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So what we're gonna be focusing on is using signal
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phrases or a tag when properly introducing quote so that
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we're providing at the very minimum a bit of context.
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So the signal phrase includes what we refer to as
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a signal verb, and a signal verb is any verb
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that is, to utter language.
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So, for example, you have said stated, argued, elaborated, intimated,
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exclaimed, The list goes on and on any verb that
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means to speak in any capacity is a signal hurt.
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Okay, so a signal phrase then would win be when
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you combine that with announce so the now and becomes
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the subject of the sentence.
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So he said, Or the author wrote the course he
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would insert your quote.
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That's a basic signal phrase.
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So we're just gonna look at a few quick examples
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to refresh your memory on how we want to properly
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introduce quotes by looking at a classic American novel with
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some working example.
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So we're gonna be looking at the great novel Star
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Trek. The Next Generation in the X Men Planet X
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where the enterprise meets the X Men.
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And so we're gonna look at some direct quotes out
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of that tax to see how to construct a basic
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signal phrase.