How to Use Quotation Marks Correctly

1. How to Use Quotation Marks Correctly

2. Rules for Using Quotation Marks 1. Use quotation marks to enclose a direct quotation (a person’s exact words). Always include punctuation inside the quotation marks. • Examples: • Kenzie said, “It will be a great story.” • Connor said, “Mommy needs coffee.” • “Hakunamatata- what a wonderful phrase,” said Timon. • “Are you going to the beach?” she asked. • “Jump!” ordered the firefighter.

3. Rules for Using Quotation Marks • A direct quotation usually begins with a capital letter. • Example: • Lisa said, “The carne asada isn’t ready yet, but you can have some chips and salsa.” • However, when the speaker is interrupted by other words in the sentence, the second part of the quotation starts with a lowercase letter. • Example: • “The carne asada isn’t ready yet,” Lisa explained, “but you can have some chips and salsa.”

4. Rules for Using Quotation Marks • When you write dialogue(spoken text) begin a new paragraph and indentevery time the speaker changes. • When a quotation is made up of several sentences, put quotation marks only at the beginning and at the end of the whole quotation. • If someone quotes what someone else said, use single quotation marks inside the quotation.

5. When should we use quotation marks in titles? (Use quotation marks for shorter works) • Short stories • Poems • Songs • Episodes of a TV show • Essays • Articles • Chapters or parts of a book

6. When should we underline titles? (Underline longer works) • Books • Plays • Magazines • Periodicals (newspapers) • Films (movies) • The title of an entire TV Series • Works of Art • Long Musical Works • Ships, Trains • Aircrafts, Spacecrafts