Transcript Quotation Marks, Underling, and Italics

“QUOTATION MARKS”,
UNDERLINING, AND
ITALICS
By: Mia Kroeger, Andrew Skorcz, Thomas Wellington, and Shelby Thode
There are two types of quotations direct
and indirect.
 Direct quotations represent someone’s
exact speech or thought.
 An indirect quotation reports the general
meaning of what someone said or
thought.
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Examples for Quotation Marks
Direct Quotation: Andrew said, “Lets go fly a kite.”
“Who parked their car on my sandwich?” asked
Thomas.
Indirect Quotation: Shelby said that she would probably
be at the game.
The teacher promised us that she would bring in
cupcakes tomorrow for lunch.
• Commas help you set off introductory information, so that the
reader understands who is talking. To identify a speaker, writers
use words such as he asked or she said with a quotation. These
expressions can introduce, conclude, or interrupt a quotation.
 Commas
are used to indicate where
introductory expressions end.
 When an introductory expression proceeds a
direct quotation, place a comma after the
introductory expression, and write the
quotation as a full sentence.
Examples: Shelby asked, “What should I bring
for lunch tomorrow?”
Thomas said “Let’s go to the park tomorrow
afternoon.”
If an introductory expression is too long,
you can set it off with a colon instead of
using a comma.
Examples: After the game, Andrew said:
“Let’s go out to eat.”
After school, Mia asked: “Do we have a lot
of homework tonight?”
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Direct Quotations with Concluding
Expressions
 Write the quotation as a full sentence ending with a
comma, question mark, or exclamation mark inside
the quotation mark. Only do this when a concluding
expression follows a direct quotation.
 Because concluding expressions are not complete
sentences, you should not begin them with capital
letters.
Examples: “What do you want to do this weekend?”
asked Mia.
• An interrupting expression is sometimes called a divided
quotation.
• They help writers clarify who is speaking and also can break up
a long quotation.
• End the first part of the direct quotation with a comma and a
quotation mark, when the direct quotation of one sentence is
interrupted. Then place a comma after the interrupting
quotation, and use a new set of quotation marks to enclose the
rest of the quotation.
Examples: “I am going to the beach after school,” said Thomas,
“so I have to hurry home.”
 When
an interrupting expression separates
two sentences in a direct quotation, end the
first quoted sentence with a comma,
question mark, exclamation mark, and a
quotation mark.
 Place a period after the interrupter, and
write the second quoted sentence as a full
quotation.
Examples: “We are going to the movies,” said
Andrew. “We are going to have so much fun.”
Place a question mark or exclamation
mark outside the quotation mark only if
the end mark is part of the entire
sentence, not part of the quotation.
Examples: Did you just say, “My cat is
throwing up blood”?
What did you mean when you said, “Death
is only the beginning”?
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Using Single Quotation Marks for
Quotations within Quotations
 Double quotation marks are used to enclose the main
quotation.
 The rules for using commas and end marks with single
quotation marks (‘ ‘) are the same as they are with
double quotation marks.
 Single quotation marks are used to separate a quote
that appears inside of another quotation.
Examples: “Do you know if it was Thomas who said, ‘I
am the tyrant of Iceland!’ during the skit?” I asked.
• Sometimes it is necessary to add information to a quotation that
explains the quote more fully.
• In that case, brackets tell your reader which information came
from the original speaker and which came from someone else.
• Use brackets to enclose an explanation located within a
quotation to show that the explanation isn’t part of the original
quotation.
• Examples: The King declared, “My two kingdoms [Gielenor and
Rorriksted] shall live in harmony.”
Quotation marks are generally used to set off the
titles in shorter works such as: chapters from a
book, titles of short stories, short poems, an
article, and titles mentioned as part of a
collection.
 Use quotation marks to enclose the titles of
short written works and around the titles of a
work that is mentioned as part of a collection.
Chapter from a book: “Parabati” from Clockwork
Princess
Title of an article: “How to Build a Chicken Coop
With Only Your Feet”

Use quotation marks around the titles of
episodes in a television or radio series,
songs, and parts of a long musical
composition.
 “We Are Never Getting Back Together”
 “Help Wanted” from Spongebob
Squarepants
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Using Underlining and Italics in Titles
 To help make titles and other special words and
names stand out in writing, use underlining and
italics.
 Underlining is only used for written or typed material.
 Italic print is used instead of underlining when typed.
 Underlining (longhand): Cowboy Bunnies
 Italics (typed): Cowboy Bunnies
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Title of
Title of
Title of
Title of
Title of
a Book or Play: Divergent, Les Miserables
a Long Poem
a Magazine or Newspaper: The New York Times
a Movie
a Television Series: Wizards of Waverly Place
 Title
of a Long Work of Music
 Title of a Painting: Mona Lisa
 Title of a Sculpture
 Names of Individual Air, Sea, and Spacecraft:
U.S.S. Arizona
 Words and Letters Used as Names for
Themselves and Foreign Words: Do you know
how to spell Abby?