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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. | *'''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. == | == 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 | *"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 | *'''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/ | For more examples.http://www.owl.english.purdue.edu/ | ||
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*Always place peroids and commas inside quotation marks. | *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." | *'''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. | *'''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. | *'''Exception''' In the Modern Language Association's style of parenthetical in text citations, the period follows the citation in parentheses. | ||
== Colons and semicolons == | == Colons and semicolons == | ||
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*'''Example:''' Have you heard the old proverb "Do not climb the hill until you reach it"? | *'''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] | ||