10/4/16 Ben Curras

Today, in class, we reviewed where the quotation should be placed in a paragraph and Mr. Rivers explained the “flow of quotes in an essay” through the acronym; ICA. ICA stands for Introduce, Cite, and Analyze. Introduce is used to show context and show the setting and actions behind what is said. Mr. Rivers also stated to remember to balance the clear and specific details. Cite is to credit the information where after the quote and when the sentence is finished, the writer adds to the sentence in parenthesis, (Film Title/ Director’s Last Name). Just a reminder, but both I and C should be in the same sentence whereas A is after the quote. Analyze is when the writer shows evidence connecting the quote to the topic sentence and why the specific quote was used. This is a prime example of the concept of intertextuality Mr. Rivers has been explaining recently. Intertextuality was defined as the relationship between texts where in this situation, we will be analyzing the relationship between the book and the movie of the same story. After all of this information was explained, the class read over a paragraph written by Student McStudentface, where the students, in their groups, analyzed the paragraph and gave a brief explanation to Mr. Rivers in a discussion of what we liked and/or disliked from the reading. For example, in my group, we believed that the paragraph did not flow well. We could not understand where the quote was coming from meaning it was not very specific and lacked the clarity. The analysis was also lackluster as we needed to inquire Mr. River’s explanation as to what the writer was trying to get at.