Signal+Phrases

=**What are Signal Phrases?**=

===**A signal phrase tells the reader who the source is and what to expect in the quotation that follows. Signal phrases usually contain the source author’s name or a pronoun and a verb that indicates the source author’s attitude or approach to what he or she says. Vary your signal phrases to suit your interpretation of borrowed material, and punctuate its use correctly. **===
 * Samples: **
 * Signal phrase preceding quotation **

“[A] good reporter does not fail to separate opinions from facts,” Lyman insists (52).
=**Examples of Signal Phrases**=


 * ===[[file:Verbs Used in Signal Phrases.pdf]]===