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== Use quotation marks to enclose direct quotation == | == Use quotation marks to enclose direct quotation == | ||
*"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. | *"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 | |||
For more examples.http://www.owl.english.purdue.edu/ | |||
== Set off long quotation of poetry by indenting== | == Set off long quotation of poetry by indenting== | ||
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== Use quotation marks around the titles of short works: newspaper and magazine articles, poems, stories, songs, episodes of televison, etc...== | == 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. | *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.== | == Quotation marks can be used to set off words used a words.== | ||
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== If the quotation is interrupted and then continues in your sentence, do not capitalize the second part of the quotation. | == 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." | *"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 == | == Work cited == | ||
[http://www.dianahacker.com/writersref Hacker] | *[http://www.dianahacker.com/writersref Hacker] | ||
[http://www.owl.english.purdue.edu Owl] | *[http://www.owl.english.purdue.edu Owl] | ||