We did quote integration in class, and this is another example of one of the paragraphs I integrated a quotation into. This paragraph talks about the insecurity teenagers have to feel because of peers who put them down or do other various unthoughtful things: Teens problems can be caused by a wide array of things: "Peer pressure, friendship, loneliness, dating, abusive boyfriends, betrayal, the generation gap, sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll" are a few of the many causes of teen issues (Rosen 1). In the episode “Halloween,” Cordelia is in the bathroom with Buffy and Willow, and as she puts on another coat of lipstick and powder she talks down to Buffy and her looks. It makes Buffy extremely conscious about her, and her chances with the boy Angel who Cordelia is now trying to steal. Teenagers are often self-conscious for many reasons. They are given labels, often unfavorable labels, which can make them more self conscious. Buffy is naturally a beautiful girl, but with slaying vampires she doesn’t have much time to be manicured from head to toe. So despite her looks, she is conscious, only because of the few words Cordelia says. This is metaphorically similar to the many reasons teenagers are self conscious about their appearance. When we worked on quotation integration we focused on making sure we didn't put the quotation at the beginning or end of a paragraph. We also talked about how at the end of the sentence we need to put in a parenthetical citation, with the author and the page number.
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