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== Use quotation marks to enclose direct quotation ==
*"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson.
*'''Remember:''' Do not use quotation marks around indirect quotations.  An indirect quotation reports someone's ideas without using that person's exact words.

== In dialogue, begin a new parapraph to mark a change in speaker. ==
*"Mom, his name is Willie, not William. A thousand times I've told you, it's Willie."  "Willie is a derivative of William, Lester.  Surely his birth certificate doesn't have Willie on it, and I like calling people by their proper names."  "Yes, it does, ma'ma.  My mother named me Willie K Mason."     -Gloria Naylor
*'''Remember'''  If a single speaker utters more than one paragraph, introduce each paragraph with quotation marks, but do not use closing quotation marks until the end of the speech

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== Set off long quotation of poetry by indenting==

== Use single quotation marks to enclose a quotation with a quotation==
*According to Paul Eliott, Eskimo hunters "chant an anciet magic sone to the seal they are after: 'Beast fo the sea!  Come and place yourself before me in the earyl morning.


== Use quotation marks around the titles of short works: newspaper and magazine articles, poems, stories, songs, episodes of televison, etc...==
*Kathernie Mansfield's "The Garden Party" provoked a lively discusion in our short-story class last night.
*'''Remember:''' Titles of books, plays, Web sites, and films and names of magazines and newspaper are put in italics or underlined

== Quotation marks can be used to set off words used a words.==
*The words "accept" and "except" are frequently confused.


== If the quotation is interrupted and then continues in your sentence, do not capitalize the second part of the quotation.==
*"He likes to talk about football," she said, "especially when the Super Bowl is coming up."

== Periods and commas ==
*Always place peroids and commas inside quotation marks.
*'''Example:''' "This is a stick up," said the well-dressed young couple.  "We want all your money."
*'''Remember''' This rule applies to single quotation marks as well as double quotation marks.
*'''Exception''' In the Modern Language Association's style of parenthetical in text citations, the period follows the citation in parentheses.

== Colons and semicolons ==
*Put colons and semicolons outside quotation marks.
*'''Example:''' Harold wrote, "I regret that I am unable to attend the fundraiser for AIDS reseach"; his letter, however, contained a substantial contribution.

== Question marks and exclamation points ==
*Put question marks and exclamation points inside quotation marks unless they apply to the sentence as a whole
*'''Example:''' Contrary to tradition, bedtime at my house is marked by "Mommy, can I tell you a story now?"
*'''Example:''' Have you heard the old proverb "Do not climb the hill until you reach it"?


== For more examples and tutorial ==
*[http://cctc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/question.htm Guilde to Grammar and Writing]
*[http://Daliygrammar.com Daliy Grammar]
*[http://english-zone.com/index.php English Zone]
== Work cited ==
*[http://www.dianahacker.com/writersref Hacker]
*[http://www.owl.english.purdue.edu Owl]