Quoting a story is a vital part of the construction of a literary essay. If you have all of this information on how an author portrays a story and no cold hard proof, you can leave the reader with a lot of questions that in many ways are hard to answer
For example: If you are a detective at a crime scene and someone is telling you that a certain person committed the crime, you have to ask for clear evidence that this person obviously committed the crime. If you don't have evidence, you could be "putting the wrong person in jail."
It's the same thing with an essay, you have to give evidence on why you feel a certain way in order for it to be believable. if you give an exact quote add a page number, the reader can go to that exact quote and clearly understand your opinion.
I loved that you chose to blog about quoting, it's my favorite part in an essay, yea! If someone didn't understand the importance of providing quotes in their essay, then they would benefit by reading this. Using an example of the point you were trying to get across is genius. Props to you.
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