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Quotation Marks

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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QUOTATION MARKS

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DIRECT QUOTATIONS

  • Direct quotations represent a person's exact speech
  • A direct quotation may also represent a person's thoughts
  • A direct quotation is enclosed in quotation marks (" ")
  • Use a comma or colon after an introductory expression
  • Use a comma, question mark, or exclamation mark when followed by a concluding expression
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INDIRECT QUOTATIONS

  • Indirect quotations report general meaning
  • An indirect quotation does not require quotation marks
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EXAMPLES OF DIRECT AND INDIRECT QUOTATIONS

  • Pete asked, "What time is the game?"
  • "It seems unlikely," Gail said.
  • Pete asked what time the game would begin.
  • Gail thought that it was unlikely.

OTHER PUNCTUATION MARKS WITH QUOTATION MARKS

  • Always place a comma or quotation mark inside the final quotation mark
  • Always place a semicolon or colon outside the final quotation mark.
  • Use the meaning of the whole sentence to determine the placement of exclamation and question marks.

Examples

  • "It is unlikely," Ed said, "that it will rain."
  • Len observed, "I think I can fix this bike"; then he explained the problem.
  • Beth asked,"Will you be ready by 3:00?"
  • He exclaimed,"I think I just broke my leg!"
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QUOTATION MARKS IN SPECIAL SITUATIONS

  • Use single quotation marks for a quotation within a quotation.
  • Use three ellipsis marks in a quotation to show that words have been omitted.
  • When writing dialogue, begin a new paragraph with each new speaker.
  • For quotations longer than a paragraph, put quotation marks at the beginning of each paragraph
  • and at the end of the final paragraph.

EXAMPLES

  • Mr. Salvin asked,"What poem begins, 'This is the forest of primeval'?"
  • The famous line "Not by bread alone..." appears in both Luke and Deuteronomy.
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UNDERLINING

  • Underline the titles of books, plays, periodicals, newspapers, and long poems
  • Also underline the titles of movies, radio and TV series, long musical compositions, and works of art.
  • You should also underline the names of individual land, sea, and space craft.
  • Underline foreign words not yet accepted into English
  • Numbers, symbols, letters, and words used to name themselves, as well as words you want to stress.
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QUOTATION MARKS

  • Use quotation marks around the titles of short written works.
  • Also use quotation marks for episodes in a series, songs, and parts of long musical compsitions.
  • Do not underline or place quotation marks in the names of sacred writing and their parts.
  • Also you would not use either of these for the titles of government charters, alliances, acts, etc.

EXAMPLES

  • Great Expectations (novel)
  • Los Angeles Times (newspaper)
  • "Annabel Lee" (poem)
  • "The Open Boat" (short story)
  • The Acts of the Apostles (sacred writing)