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Quotation Marks and Parenthetical Citations

. You know to use quotation marks around titles of short works like songs and short stories.Also, you MUST use quotation marks ( ") when you copy from a text.. When to use them. DO NOT use quotation marks if you paraphrase or don't copy exactly. This is called an indirect quotation.Example: Rom

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Quotation Marks and Parenthetical Citations

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    1. Quotation Marks and Parenthetical Citations Notes #

    2. You know to use quotation marks around titles of short works like songs and short stories. Also, you MUST use quotation marks (“ ”) when you copy from a text.

    3. When to use them DO NOT use quotation marks if you paraphrase or don’t copy exactly. This is called an indirect quotation. Example: Romeo said that he loved Juliet. DO use quotation marks if you copy exactly what someone said or wrote. This is a direct quote. Example: Romeo said, “It is the east and Juliet is the sun!”

    4. Capitalization in Quotes Capitalize the first word in a quote if: It is at the beginning of a sentence. “Peace?” questions Tybalt. The first word of the quote is the first word of a complete sentence in the quote. Juliet explains, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”

    5. Punctuation in Quotes. When ending a quotation in the middle of a sentence, put a comma inside the quotation. “These violent delights have violent ends,” foreshadows the Friar. When ending the quotation at the end of a sentence: Put a period inside the quotation. Put a question mark or exclamation point inside or outside – depending whether it’s part of the quote. “What?” asked Tybalt. Did Tybalt say, “I will get revenge”?

    6. Parenthetical Citations If you quote a text, you must use parenthetical citations at the end of the sentence containing the quote. In parentheses, For normal text – write the author’s last name and page number. (Brown, 96). For Shakespeare’s play, write the act in capital Roman Numerals (I, II, III, IV, and V) and scene in lowercase (i, ii, iii, iv, and v) and line numbers in Arabic numerals (1,2,3, etc.). Example: Juliet responds to the marriage, “It is an honour I dream not of” (I, iii, 67).

    7. Punctuate and capitalize the sentences on your paper NOW CHECK YOUR ANSWERS. Tybalt calls Romeo an enemy. “Romeo . .. thou art a villain!” yells Tybalt (III, i, 56-57). Juliet asks Romeo to change his name. Juliet begs, “Deny thy father and refuse thy name . . .” (II, ii, 34). Romeo says he is lost without Rosaline “O she is rich in beauty, only poor/ that when she dies, with beauty dies her store,” Romeo says about Rosaline’s beauty. (I, i, 210-211).

    8. Do you dare to dream? -Queen Mab Posters Your Queen Mab poster, must have: picture of queen Mab using the detailed description in the beginning lines of the speech one illustrated quote for each remaining group member (may go onto 2 or more lines) It would be best if your members pick something about the dreams she causes line 65 and further. mark lines using parenthetical citations and quotation marks.

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