In the past I would integrate my quotes in the same way as discussed by my professor in my English 110 Class. During high school we were taught to introduce a quote by briefly summarizing what was happening when the quote was said, including who said the quote and the manner in which they said it when working with a piece of literature in an essay. We were taught to introduce our quotes like this “While Frodo was explaining how powerful the ring was in the hands of Sauron, Sam interjected, “Well then why don’t we just destroy it?” (Tolkien [page number]) After introducing the quote we were told to pick apart the quote, referencing a word or phrase, discussing the implications of that word or phrase and explaining the example through linking its implications back to the thesis of the paragraph or perhaps, even the thesis of the entire academic paper. One convention that I failed to capitalize on during English class in High School was the use of the block quotation format when a quote was longer than 4 lines. I also failed to realize that the punctuation of a quoted sentence always belongs outside of the quotations marks unless that form of punctuation was a question mark. As I write my essay on happiness, I will strive to use block quotation format in the correct manner, as well as formatting my quotations correctly. I hope to maintain a balance in which my explanations of the authors ideas and quotes are twice as long as the quotes themselves, yet still effective.