Transcript Using Quotation Marks

Using Quotation Marks
Why are quotation marks important?
Direct quotations
Dialogue, quoted passages, and quotations within
quotations
Quotation marks for titles
Quotation marks for special types of language
Review A
Review B
Why are quotation marks important?
In everyday conversation it’s easy to tell who
said what.
An exhibit of
Mexican art just
opened at
the museum.
Really? Maybe
we should go!
Why are quotation marks important?
In writing, quotation marks tell the reader who is
speaking and exactly what that person is saying.
“An exhibit of Mexican art just opened
at the museum,” Tammy said.
“Really?”Scott replied.
“Maybe we should go!”
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Direct quotations
Use quotation marks to enclose a direct
quotation—a person’s exact words.
“Are you staying late at the library?” asked Lionel.
Sara replied, “Yes, I still have some research to do.”
Direct quotations
When an interrupting expression divides a direct
quotation into two parts, place quotation marks
around both parts of the quoted statement.
“I‘m confident,” Luis said, “that we will win.”
One quoted sentence with an interrupting expression
“Let’s hope so,” said Marion. “We go to the state
championship game if we win tomorrow.”
New quoted sentence following the interrupting expression
Direct quotations
A direct quotation can be set off from the rest of a
sentence by a comma, a question mark, or an
exclamation point, but not by a period.
Comma
“The film festival starts this Thursday,”
Mrs. Durand reminded us.
Question
mark
“Does anyone want to go?” Tony asked.
Exclamation
point
“I do! As a matter of fact, I can’t wait!”
Claire exclaimed.
Direct quotations
Place commas and periods inside the closing
quotation mark.
“I’d like a peach,” said Theo,
“but please make sure it’s ripe.”
“This one looks ripe and
delicious,” Crystal said.
Direct quotations
Place semicolons and colons outside the closing
quotation mark.
Winona said, “I need to study my lines
tonight”; she has a major role in the
community theater’s next play.
Three students have solos for the song
“We Are the World”: Lisa Hayden,
Janelle Jackson, and Mike Ling.
Direct quotations
Place question marks and exclamation points
inside the closing quotation marks if the quotation
itself is a question or an exclamation.
“What is the highest mountain in
Japan?” asked Mr. Jenkins.
The quoted sentence is a question.
“I know!” James answered. “It’s Mt.
Fuji!”
Both direct quotations are exclamations.
Direct quotations
If the quotation itself is not a question or an
exclamation, place the question mark or
exclamation point outside the quotation marks.
Did she really say, “I don’t want to talk about it”?
The quoted part is a not question, but the whole sentence
is.
I’m tired of hearing “This movie is boring”!
The quoted part is not an exclamation, but the whole
sentence is.
Direct quotations
On Your Own
Add quotation marks where they are needed in the
following sentences.
1. Jan said, I’ll be glad to tell you about Juneteenth.
2. It marks the day in 1865, she continued, when
the slaves in Texas were made free people.
3. Lloyd asked, What day is Juneteenth celebrated?
4. It’s celebrated every year on the nineteenth of
June, Jan replied.
5. Did Lloyd say, I’m going to read more about this
holiday?
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Dialogue, quoted passages, and quotations
within quotations
When you write dialogue (a conversation), begin a
new paragraph every time the speaker changes.
“Did the police catch the bank robbers?” Kim asked.
“Yes,” said Carlos. “They were able to track down
about car
thirty
minutes,”
Mel answered.
the“In
getaway
before
the robbers
got very far.”
“That’s good,” said Kim, “and I’m glad no one got
hurt.”
Dialogue, quoted passages, and quotations
within quotations
For a quoted passage with several paragraphs,
put quotation marks at the beginning of each
paragraph and at the end of the last paragraph.
“The wonders of nature so often go unnoticed.
Yet Nature, in her understated glory, can make us
feel newly alive, if we pay attention.
“When was the last time you noticed the knots
in an old tree, or a full moon, or a drop of dew on a
blade of grass? Open your eyes. Smell the air.
Listen. These small wonders can wake you up.”
Dialogue, quoted passages, and quotations
within quotations
Use single quotation marks to enclose a quotation
within a quotation.
Yolanda said, “I’m pretty sure Coach
Yates said, ‘Practice starts at 4:00
tomorrow.’ Did you hear her?”
“I think Jamie said, ‘I’ll have to miss
that practice,’” Terry told Yolanda.
Dialogue, quoted passages, and quotations
within quotations
On Your Own
Correct the following passage by adding quotation
marks and single quotation marks where needed.
Also tell where each new paragraph should begin.
What is a Renaissance festival? Leon asked. It’s a fair
that celebrates Europe’s Renaissance, Karli said. You’ll
see people dressed up as kings, queens, peasants, and
knights. Sounds like fun! Leon exclaimed. It is, and Mr.
Swanson did say, The Renaissance Festival is a great
place to learn some history.
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Quotation marks for titles
Use quotation marks to enclose titles of short
works, such as short stories, poems, essays,
articles, songs, and chapters and other parts of
books and periodicals.
Short
story
“The Necklace”
Poem
“Mending Wall”
Book
chapter
“Anatomy of the Dolphin”
Quotation marks for titles
On Your Own
Correct each sentence by adding quotation marks
where needed.
1. My little brother wrote a song; he calls it
Springtime in the Mountains.
2. Walt Whitman’s poem When Lilacs Last in the
Dooryard Bloom’d is a tribute to Abraham Lincoln.
3. Have you read the story All Summer in a Day?
4. Mr. Torres has assigned the next chapter, The
Gilded Age, for Monday.
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Quotation marks for special types
of language
Use quotation marks to enclose certain special
types of language:
Slang words
Lindsay reached for a high
note and hit a “clinker.”
Invented words
Tyler enjoys making puns; he calls it “punnology.”
Quotation marks for special types
of language
Use quotation marks to enclose certain special
types of language:
Technical terms
I’m pretty sure that “to boot” a
computer disc does not mean to kick it.
Dictionary definitions of words
The verb divulge means “to make
known” or “to reveal.”
Quotation marks for special types
of language
On Your Own
Correct each sentence by adding quotation marks
where needed.
1. The amount of data that can be sent through a
computer network is the bandwidth.
2. Harriet calls everybody dude, even girls.
3. The word famished means very hungry.
4. When my niece is relaxing, or chilling out, she
says she is chillaxing.
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Review A
Add quotation marks and single quotation marks where
they are needed in the following sentences.
1. My little sister won’t stop singing Jingle Bells,
Frederick said.
2. According to my Spanish dictionary, the word casa
means house or household.
3. The title of my essay is How to Train a Cat.
4. Then, a boy standing across the street yelled, Are
you hurt? David told the police.
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Review B
Correct the following passage by adding quotation
marks and single quotation marks where needed. Also
tell where each new paragraph should begin.
Is anyone planning to go to the Greek Festival this
weekend? Mr. Dorian asked. Yes, I’m going, replied
Jana. I’ve been looking forward to it ever since my dad
announced, We shall go the festival, and we shall
dance. You’ll also enjoy the food, said Mr. Dorian. They
serve a great selection of Greek specialties.
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