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Summarizing
Paraphrasing
Quoting
Quotation marks
Paraphrase
Quotation Marks
What is a direct quotation?
Exactly repeats what someone said or wrote
Quotation Marks
When are quotation marks used?
Use quotation marks around direct quotations
Lina asked, Do you think we should ask a
question?
Quotation marks always appear in pairs
Quotation Marks
How is a quotation within a quotation
punctuated?
With single quotation marks
The man said, Im sorry, officer, but did I hear you
correctly when you said, Drive into that ditch?
What is an indirect quotation?
Restates what someone said or wrote, but not
word for word
Rachel told the security guard that she
needed to enter the building for official
business.
DO NOT USE QUOTATION MARKS FOR INDIRECT
QUOTATIONS!!!
Quotation Marks
Punctuation & Quotation marks
Place periods and commas inside
The name of the short story is Hills Like White
Elephants.
Put question marks and exclamation points
inside quotation marks unless they apply to the
whole sentence
Bedtime at my house is marked by Mommy, can I
tell you a story now?
Have you heard the old proverb Do not climb the
hill until you reach it?
Quotation Marks
Punctuation & Quotation marks
Put colons and semicolons outside
Harold wrote, I regret that I am unable to
attend the fundraiser for AIDS research; his
letter, however, came with a substantial
contribution
Do not use quotation marks to draw
attention to familiar slang, to disown trite
expressions, or to justify an attempt at
humor
It was a ballpark figure.
Grammar Portfolio
4. Break each quotation mark rule (there are 8
typed in green)
For Tuesday
Read Chapter 8 articles (pgs. 243-263)