MLA Citation Handout (from class)

MLA CITATION IN PAPER #1 (and all subsequent papers)

“Such is the duplicitous nature of daydreams; such is their insidious siren’s call, luring employees toward the perilous shoals of decreased performance ratings. But once you have chosen to host the Daydreamer by Proxy, you will no longer be cursed with such afflictions. Your once-lazy brain will seek its usual refuge during the late hours of the second shift to find that your childhood sweetheart’s once-soft skin has returned to the sandpaper that it truly was, that her once-poetic professions of love have returned to the stutters and lies they truly were.”  

QUOTATION SANDWICH: Introduce Quote + Quote/Citation + Response

As Palmer writes in his story, “Daydreamer By Proxy,” “Such is the duplicitous nature of daydreams; such is their insidious siren’s call, luring employees toward the perilous shoals of decreased performance ratings. But once you have chosen to host the Daydreamer by Proxy, you will no longer be cursed with such afflictions” (103). This passage is important because it shows us how the company links imagination with unproductivity. They would rather remove the essence of our humanity to make you more productive than develop a more organic work schedule for their workers.

OR BLOCK QUOTE FORMAT (for quotes over 4 lines)

In one passage of the story, “Daydreamer By Proxy,” the author writes,

            Such is the duplicitous nature of daydreams; such is their insidious siren’s         call, luring employees toward the perilous shoals of decreased     performance ratings. But once you have chosen to host the Daydreamer by    Proxy, you will no longer be cursed with such afflictions. Your once-lazy             brain will seek its usual refuge during the late hours of the second shift to          find that your childhood sweetheart’s once-soft skin has returned to the   sandpaper that it truly was, that her once-poetic professions of love have     returned to the stutters and lies they truly were” (Palmer 103).

This passage is important because it shows us how the company links imagination with unproductivity. They would rather remove the essence of our humanity to make you more productive than develop a more organic work schedule for their workers.

WORKS CITED PAGE ENTRY

Palmer, Dexter. “Daydreamer By Proxy.” Best American Science Fiction and

            Fantasy 2016. ed. Karen Joy Fowler. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

            2016.

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