A good graduation caption is under twelve words, says something specific, and does not explain the photo. “Four years, one degree, zero regrets” works. “So blessed to close this chapter of my journey” does not, because it could be attached to any photo ever taken. Below are captions sorted by the post you are actually…
Attendance quotes are used for three things: a poster in a hallway, a line in a letter home, and a recognition certificate. The most quoted line on the subject belongs to Woody Allen — “Eighty percent of success is showing up” — which he said to the New York Times in 1977. Almost everything else…
The most reliable quote about good teachers is Henry Adams: “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” It comes from The Education of Henry Adams, published in 1918, so you can put it on a card without worrying. Most of the teacher quotes circulating online cannot survive that check. Below…
The most-cited Montessori peace quote is “Preventing conflicts is the work of politics; establishing peace is the work of education,” from Education and Peace. The second most-cited is “Education is the best weapon for peace,” which comes from a 1937 lecture Montessori gave in Copenhagen. Both are real. Many of the peace quotes attributed to…
To use a quote as a hook, open with a short quotation that states the tension your essay will address, name the speaker in the next sentence, and connect the quote to your argument before the first paragraph ends. The quote is the first sentence; the connection is the next two or three. A quote…
Chicago style offers two citation systems, and how you quote depends on which one your paper uses. Notes-bibliography style cites a quotation with a superscript number and a matching footnote. Author-date style cites it with the author, year, and page in parentheses, like APA. In both, short quotations run inside the text in quotation marks,…
To quote a website in MLA, put the borrowed words in quotation marks and follow them with an in-text citation naming the author, or the article title if there is no author. Because most web pages have no page numbers, the in-text citation is usually just the author’s last name: (Smith). The full source then…
To cite a quote from a website, put the author’s last name in the in-text citation and, because web pages rarely have page numbers, leave the page number out. In MLA that means just the author’s name; in APA it means the author, year, and a paragraph or section marker if you can find one….
To analyze a quote, do three things after you introduce it: explain what it means in your own words, examine how it says it (word choice, tone, devices), and connect it back to your thesis. A quote never speaks for itself in an essay; the analysis is your job, and it is what earns the…
These are end of year teacher quotes for the last day of school: short attributed lines for a thank-you card to a teacher, a note from a teacher to a class, or a caption. They are grouped by who is writing to whom, and each is credited to its real author. From students and parents…