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Punctuating Quotations & Punctuating Titles. Chapter 11. Direct Quotations. Use quotation marks at the beginning and ending of a direct quotation A direct quotation is a report of a speaker’s exact words “ Try your best, ” said Mrs. Lilly. Direct Quotations.
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Punctuating Quotations&Punctuating Titles Chapter 11
Direct Quotations • Use quotation marks at the beginning and ending of a direct quotation • A direct quotation is a report of a speaker’s exact words “Try your best,” said Mrs. Lilly
Direct Quotations Use commas to set off explanatory words used with direct quotations. Ms. Lilly said, “Try your best.” “Try your best,” said Mrs. Lilly.
Commas and periods always go inside closing quotation marks. They’re too little to stay outside alone!
Direct Quotation If a quotation is a question or an exclamation, place the question mark or exclamation point inside the closing quotation marks. “Did you try your best?” asked Mrs. Lilly
Direct Quotation If quoted words are part of a question or exclamation of your own, place the question mark or exclamation point outside the closing quotation marks. Did you “try your best”?
Indirect Quotations Do not use quotation marks to set off an indirect quotation. An indirect quotation is a restatement, in somewhat different words, of what someone said. An indirect quotation is often introduced by the word that. It does not require a comma.
Look for the word that as a clue that the sentence is an indirect quotation.
Example Indirect: Shakespeare wrote that a rose would smell sweet regardless of its name. Direct: Shakespeare wrote, “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”
Divided Quotation Use quotation marks to enclose both parts of a divided quotation. “A rose,” he said, “means love.”
Quotation Marks in Dialogue In dialogue, a new paragraph and a new set of quotation marks show a change in speakers. A dialogue is a conversation between two or more speakers.
Every time a speaker changes, start a new paragraph. This means you go to a new line and indent the line with each new speaker. ___“Katie, if we go to the mall,” Camilla said, "you can buy a gift for your mom.” ___"Yeah, that sounds great, Camilla!” Katie responded.
Where do the quotation marks go? Don’t forget to study, said Mr. Becker.
Where do the quotation marks go? I love drinking tea, said Mrs. Lilly.
Where do the quotation marks go? Andrea said, I love The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.
Where do the quotation marks go? Alexis exclaimed, I love playing soccer!
Where do the quotation marks go? Evie asked, Do you like music or tv better?
Where do the quotations marks go? Marc questioned the teacher and said, Where do the commas go?
Where do the quotation marks go? Ms. Walsh said that we should always try our best.
Where do the quotation marks go? Alex said that his favorite class is P.E.
Where do the quotation marks go? Writing, she said, is my favorite hobby.
Where do the quotation marks go? Running, he said, is a good way to relieve stress.
Short Titles=Quotation Marks Use quotation marks to set off the titles of short works. • Book chapter “The Overpaid Maid” • Story “The Landlady” • Essay “Names/Nombres” • Article “Primal Compassion” • Song “Call Me, Maybe” • Poem “The Road Less Traveled”
Long Titles=Italics • Use italics for titles of longer works and for names of ships, trains, spacecraft, and airplanes. • In handwriting, you show that something should be in italic type by underlining it.
For Example… Book The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Play Wicked Magazine People Movie Finding Nemo TV Series Criminal Minds CD Black and Blue Epic Poem The Odyssey
Painting Mona Lisa Ship Titanic Train Broadway Limited Spacecraft Voyager 1 Airplane Spirit of St. Louis
On Your Board… Write “I” for italics Write “Q” for quotation marks
