The correct answer is option letter B. When you use a direct quotation, you have to write the author’s last name followed by the year of publication and page number between parentheses. You also have to place a comma after the reporting phrase, put quotation marks before and after the words quoted and capitalize the first word of the quotation. Quotations should support, not make, your points. That is why a brief commentary about the quotation, either in favor or in contrast, will make your writing <u>cohesive</u> and <u>legible</u>.
B. write your commentary about the quotation, explaining why you agree or disagree.
Explanation:
When you use a direct quotation, you should do all of the things mentioned before. However, you should also write your commentary about the quotation. It is very important to explain why you agree or disagree with the quotation in order for the audience to understand why you have included it. Moreover, by providing commentary about it, you will also clarify why the quotation contributes to your argument and what it is that the audience can learn from it.
If I was asked to combine the clauses that you mention in your example into a single sentence in order to link the underlying ideas shared by both (rhythm and dancing) I would add a subordinating conjunction such as although and rearrange them as follows:
Although not everyone thinks they have rhythm, dancing can be a fun and active hobby.
A newspaper opinion piece about the city’s housing shortage because it goes with your essay more and I done essays before so I think that’s what you should go with.