Drinkwater’s Quote PrimerFun Time

The Basic Quote Formula(this will carry you literally for

years)

Let’s work with this passage

“Ten years ago, I was twenty-three years old, and this was still my first posting because I worked really hard. I didn’t know any better. The yards around the house were always dark green and clipped so smooth they rolled out soft and perfect as a green mink coat…When you’re twenty-three, you think you can keep up this level of performance forever” (231).

Step 1: ClaimYou make an assertion in your own words regarding your topic.

My claim:

When Tender is discussing his early years working, he suggests that he was naïve in how he approached his work. It wasn’t that he was lying to himself, he simply didn’t understand the grind of existence. He was a fool.

Step 2: QuoteThe next step is using a quote to support your claim.

(In the college world, you’re only as good as your supporting quotes.)

My quote:

Branson looks back on how hard he worked initially and laments that when he was twenty-three “you think you can keep up keep up this level of performance forever” (231).

Step 3: ExplainThe most important part of this wonderful three-part process.

Never just “drop” a quote and walk away.

My explanation:

Examining how foolish he was as youth, Branson seems a man who didn’t know any better about the world. Perhaps if he knew he would never progress, never evolve, he would have saved his energy. Dedicated himself to something more fruitful. Not wasted that youthful energy.