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Writing with the Quotation Sandwich What is it? A technique to improve writing by incorporating evidence with your thoughts. Why do it? To increase the sophistication of your writing and make your ideas sound more mature The Quotation Sandwich recipe has three ingredients: The Top Slice: An Argumentative Claim The Filling: A Quote that supports the claim The Bottom Slice: Commentary about the quote The claim is your opinion on the material, written as a statement of fact. Technically, you are making an interpretive statement, analyzing the poem, story, data chart... The claim presents a smaller portion of the essay’s bigger argument. SAMPLE CLAIMS: Shakespeare believes that young love is rash and impulsive. The writer feels that family ties are stronger than the arguments that tear other relationships apart. Billy Collins is trying to say that students don’t stop to read poetry in a way that is both fun and stimulating to their minds. The quote provides concrete, textual support for the claim statement. NOTE: This does not mean that the wording you choose has to come from a spoken sentence written between quotation marks in the original text. The commentary functions to tie the quote to the claim. You are taking a sentence to explain why your evidence is important to your idea. Sample Quotation Sandwiches From Romeo and Juliet At the start of the play, before she has met and fallen in love with Romeo, Juliet is a dutiful daughter, willing to take direction from her elders. When Lady Capulet asks her if she can like Paris, she responds agreeably, I’ll look to like, if looking liking move. But no more deep will I endart mine eye Than your consent gives strength to make it fly. (1.3.103-105) Juliet’s willingness not only to accommodate her mother’s request that she meet Paris but also suspend judgment on him until she receives her mother’s approval is surely the mark of an obedient daughter. From Night It was hard for Wiesel to trust in God when