Monday, December 3 quotation review

 

quotation mark

noun

1. each of a set of punctuation marks, single (‘ ’) or double (“ ”), used (1) either to mark the beginning and end of a title or quoted passage or (2) to indicate that a word or phrase is regarded as slang or jargon or is being discussed rather than used within the sentence.

   

ASSIGNMENT TODAY:  The next step after writing your news lead is inserting a quotation. Let's begin by reviewing the rules for quotation usage.  Note particularly the use of a quote within a quotation! Please take your time to read the following. When you have finished there is a practice exercise. Please complete and send along. 

QUOTATION MARKS

   

1. To enclose titles of minor works: articles, essays, poems, songs, chapters of

books, short stories, episodes of radio/TV programs.

Examples

   

   

   

2. To enclose  words used ironically or where the term so-called could be inserted.

Examples

   

   

   

3. To enclose a direct quotation:   a person's exact words

   

             Example

NOTE:  Do not use quotation marks to enclose indirect quotations.   
           Incorrect

                

           Correct

    

      

   

NOTES FOR DIRECT QUOTATIONS:

    

1. Start the quotation with a capital letter.

2. Place commas and periods INSIDE the quotation marks.

3. Place semicolons and colons OUTSIDE the quotation marks.

4. Place question marks and exclamation marks INSIDE the quotation marks if the quotation itself is a question or an exclamation. 5.  Place question marks and exclamation marks OUTSIDE the quotation marks if the quotation itself is NOT a question or exclamation.

USE SINGLE QUOTATION MARKS to enclose a quotation inside another quotation.

     

Examples

If the quotation within another quotation is a question or an exclamation, place appropriate punctuation next to the item concerned.             Examples

Question quotation inside statement quotation  Statement quotation inside question quotation

Question quotation inside question quotation

Exclamation quotation inside question quotation                                                  or Question quotation inside exclamation quotation

Webapps.towson.edu, webapps.towson.edu/ows/punct2.aspx#quotation_marks.

Please rewrite the following sentences, inserting quotation 

marks and other punctuation as needed. READ CAREFULLY.

1.  Did you see that new movie asked my friend 


2.  When she saw his new Mercedes, she exclaimed What a beautiful car



3.  I just finished reading Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery



4.  Did Jack really say It's not my responsibility


5.  The composer asked if the orchestra would play this Thursday



6.  I'm going to the newsstand he said for a copy of the newspaper 



7.  You're out of your mind exclaimed Tony, slamming the door



8.  The professor asked When was the treaty signed



9.  The mayor promised that the project would be completed in two months



10.  The Wasteland is a poem by T.S. Eliot


  11. Paul asked Did you read Keat's poem Endymion 


12.  Do you remember Joe asking Is anybody here she asked 


13.  Shall I read aloud Milton's poem On His Blindness she asked


14.  Weren't my exact words We all heard Harry yell Help


15.  I enjoyed the poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock said Harold


16.  What did Joe mean Mary asked when he exclaimed She's gone 



17.  Do you think that The Star Spangled Banner is hard to sing he asked


18.  The conductor said I want you to sing Schubert's Ave Maria


19.  The conductor said I want you to sing Schubert's Ave Maria


20.  We all heard Alfred say Bill asked Who is the new president of the organization