Transcript Quotations

With dialogue, punctuation goes inside the
quotation marks. Put a comma after the
quote inside the quotation marks before
the tag.
“Hoarding is more common than people
think,” said the local fire chief.
If the quote begins a new sentence, use a
capital letter at the beginning of the quote,
with a comma after the tag.
According to a neighbor, “The house
looked normal from the outside, but when
they opened the front door, it was a
different story.”
If the quote is interrupted with a tag, use
commas on both sides of the tag and and
two sets of quotation marks.
“There was so much stuff inside,” said
another neighbor, “it was hard to
understand how they could live there.”
If the whole sentence is a question, the
question mark goes on the outside of the
quotation mark. If only the quoted material
is a question, the question mark goes
inside the quotation mark.
Who said, “economic status has nothing to
do with hoarding behaviors”?
She asked, “Can any neighborhood have
hoarders?”
When an in-text citation is required,
punctuation goes on the outside of the
citation instead of inside the quotation.
In addition to being a fire hazard,
“hoarding strains community agency fiscal
and personnel resources” (Bratiotis 246).
If there is a quote within a quote, use a
single quotation mark for the internal
quote.
“Many people who end up as compulsive
hoarders begin collecting one type of item.
‘However, collecting isn’t a sign of
illness,’ Liptzin said” (Mitchell 51).
When using a partial quote preceded by
paraphrase, do not use a comma and do
not capitalize the first letter of the quote.
Hoarders develop the problem slowly, but
“signs of the disease do surface decades
before it becomes an issue” (Mitchell 51).
Do not use quotation marks when
paraphrasing.
According to the National Fire Protection
Association, firefighters need to be
educated on the hazards of entering a
hoarder’s house (Roberts 2).
Use quotation marks around words that are
unique to the author when paraphrasing.
Balint makes a distinction between the
extremes of how people react to their
possessions, defined as “ocnophiles” and
“philobates” (58).
Choose the sentence with the correct
punctuation.
1. a. “Hoarding,” said Dr. Clark, “is a
symptom of a psychological disorder.”
b. “Hoarding” said Dr. Clark “is a
symptom of a psychological disorder.”
Correct Answer
1. a. “Hoarding,” said Dr. Clark, “is a
symptom of a psychological disorder.”
b. “Hoarding” said Dr. Clark “is a
symptom of a psychological disorder.”
Choose the sentence with the correct
punctuation.
1. a. Family members may ask, “What can
we do to help”?
b. Family members may ask, “What
can we do to help?”
Correct Answer
1. a. Family members may ask, “What can
we do to help”?
b. Family members may ask, “What
can we do to help?”
Choose the sentence with the correct
punctuation.
1. a. “Cats are the most likely animal to be
hoarded.” (Williams 35)
b. “Cats are the most likely animal to be
hoarded” (Williams 35).
Correct Answer
1. a. “Cats are the most likely animal to be
hoarded.” (Williams 35)
b. “Cats are the most likely animal to be
hoarded” (Williams 35).
Choose the sentence with the correct
punctuation.
1. a. Sometimes hoarders keep things they
no longer use, for “fear of needing them
later” (Guillard and Pinson 61).
b. Sometimes hoarders keep things they no
longer use, for, “fear of needing them
later” (Guillard and Pinson 61).
Correct Answer
1. a. Sometimes hoarders keep things they
no longer use, for “fear of needing them
later” (Guillard and Pinson 61).
b. Sometimes hoarders keep things they no
longer use, for, “fear of needing them
later” (Guillard and Pinson 61).
Choose the sentence with the correct
punctuation.
1. a. “Very often, this fear stems from a very real
past experience. Adrienne says, “You know, when
you’ve lived through the war, you quickly learn
to keep everything” (Guillard and Pinson 61).
b. “Very often, this fear stems from a very real
past experience. Adrienne says, ‘You know, when
you’ve lived through the war, you quickly learn
to keep everything’ ”(Guillard and Pinson 61).
Correct Answer
1. a. “Very often, this fear stems from a very real
past experience. Adrienne says, “You know, when
you’ve lived through the war, you quickly learn
to keep everything” (Guillard and Pinson 61).
b. “Very often, this fear stems from a very real
past experience. Adrienne says, ‘You know, when
you’ve lived through the war, you quickly learn
to keep everything’ ”(Guillard and Pinson 61).
The End.
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