Here, students will revisit the rules of punctuation that govern the usage of quotation marks. Punctuation is the use of spacing, conventional signs, and certain typographical devices as aids to the understanding and correct reading of the written text, whether read silently or aloud.
1. “ How to use quotes effectively and properly.
2. “Quotation marks are like the road signs you see when you enter and leave the city.
3. “Just as the signs define the city limits, quotation marks show where speech begins and ends” (O’Conner 119).
4. Now, use the reports on your desk to find one example of a quote.
5. Glue it onto a sheet of paper.
6. Introduce it. Quote it. Cite it. Punctuate it.
7. #1 Introduce it. Quote it. Cite it. Punctuate it.
8. Introduce it. In the words of researchers Redelmeier and Tibshirani, As Matt Sundeen has noted, Patti Pena, mother of a child killed by a driver distracted by a cell phone, points out that “…”
9. Introduce it. MORE EXAMPLES: “…,” writes Christine Haughney, “…” “…,” claims wireless spokesperson Annette Jacobs. Radio hosts Tom and Ray Magliozzi offer a persuasive counterargument: “…”
10. Introduce it. Quotes can be According to a survey written with an conducted by the National introduction before Constitution Center (NCC) in the quote… 1998, “52 percent of teenagers have a television in their bedrooms.” Introduction + Quote
11. Introduce it. Quotes can be “52 percent of teenagers have written with the a television in their introduction after the bedrooms,” according to a quote… survey conducted by the National Constitution Center (NCC) in 1998. Quote + Introduction
12. Introduce it. Quotes can be Many teenagers “have a written with the television in their bedrooms,” introduction according to a survey between the quote… conducted by the National Constitution Center (NCC) in 1998, which accounts for “52 percent.” Quote + Introduction + Quote
13. Introduce it. Quotes can be placed According to a survey between text. conducted by the National Constitution Center (NCC) in 1998, “52 percent of teenagers have a television in their bedrooms” which is why there is a huge obesity problem. Introduction + Quote + text
14. Introduce it. Now, look at the quote you cut out and glued on your paper. Underline the quote and highlight the remaining text Introduction + Quote + text + Quote
15. Introduce it. How many ways Introduction can a quote being According to… (Write them all down on your sheet of
16. Here is a list of verbs to help you out… • acknowledges • demonstrates • notes • says • adds • denies • observes • states • admits • disputes • suggests • points out • agrees • emphasizes • thinks • endorses • reasons • argues • writes • asserts • explains • refutes • believes • grants • rejects • claims • illustrates • reports • concludes • implies • responds • confirms • insists • reveals • counters • declares
17. #2 Introduce it. Quote it. Cite it. Punctuate it.
18. Quote it. Any time you use any word from someone else’s words, you must quote him or her.
19. Quote it. It also helps prove your claim because it provides evidence.
20. Quote it. When quoting, you must be careful to do it properly or it is 1. Do not cut and paste from the 2. Do not copy word-for-word without using quotation marks, even if you give a source citation at the end of your sentence
21. Quote it. 3. Do not replace a few words with synonyms, keeping the basic sentence structure; you are still stealing the sentence structure 4. Do not paraphrase without the parenthetical citation to indicate its original source
22. #3 Introduce it. Quote it. Cite it. Punctuate it.
23. () Cite it. How to cite your sources and create a Smith 101 bibliography.
24. Cite it. When you quote, you must show the reader where to look in the
25. Cite it. “Just as the signs define the city limits, quotation marks show where speech begins and ends” (O’Conner 119). Did you notice that on my earlier
26. “Just as the signs define the city limits, quotation marks show Cite it. where speech begins and ends” (O’Conner 119). When you quote, you must show the reader where to look in the O, Conner, Patricia T. Woe is I Jr. New York: Scholastic, 2007.
27. Cite it. QUOTED According to California State Senator Brad Nichols, selling soda “undermines the good habits that parents are trying to instill” (Thompson 24). Author’s last name
28. Cite it. QUOTED According to California State Senator Brad Nichols, selling soda “undermines the good habits that parents are trying to instill” (Thompson 24). Page the quote was found on
29. Cite it. There are many ways to cite your source depending type or on the location of the info…
30. Cite it. There are many ways to cite your source depending type or on the location of the info… RULE OF THUMB: Check the bibliography citation to see what information you have listed first. This will determine how you cite your sources.
31. Always start with the item listed first…
32. It could be the author’s last
33. …or, it could be the publication.
34. Cite it. According to the author of So, your paper would look 30 Great Sci-Fi Stories, like this if you have the nearly 80 percent of all Star author’s name… Trek fans are male (Adams 132). The last name of the author and the page that fact was listed on.
35. Cite it. Science Fiction based on …or, like this if you don’t. “imagined science” that pertains to society or individuals (The Encyclopedia Galactica 391). The publication name and the page that fact was listed on.
36. Cite it. ESSAY Matt Sundeen notes that If the author was already drivers with cell phones introduced in your text, you place an estimated only need the page number. 98,000 emergency calls each day” (25). WORKS CITED ENTRY Sundeen, Matt. “Cell Phones and Highway Safety: 2000 State Legislative Update.” National Conference of State Legislatures. Dec. 2000.
37. Cite it. Science Fiction based on RULE OF THUMB: “imagined science” that Citations in the parentheses pertains to society or must use the name that is individuals (The listed first in the Encyclopedia Galactica bibliography. 391). This way, if the reader wants to research more, they know what to look for when they flip back to your
38. Cite it. Science Fiction based on Page numbers may also not “imagined science” that be available. In this case, pertains to society or you would simply cite the individuals (The source without a page Encyclopedia Galactica).
39. #4 Introduce it. Quote it. Cite it. Punctuate it.
40. QUOTED According to California State When you quote, you Senator Brad Nichols, selling soda “undermines the good must show the habits that parents are trying reader where to to instill” (Thompson 24). look in the bibliography. Did you notice there is NO comma?
41. QUOTED According to California State When you quote, you Senator Brad Nichols, selling soda “undermines the good must show the habits that parents are trying reader where to to instill” (Thompson 24). look in the bibliography. Did you notice the parentheses?
42. QUOTED According to California State When you quote, you Senator Brad Nichols, selling soda “undermines the good must show the habits that parents are trying reader where to to instill” (Thompson 24). look in the bibliography. How about the period after the citation?
43. QUOTED According to California State When you quote, you Senator Brad Nichols, selling soda “undermines the good must show the habits that parents are trying reader where to to instill” (Thompson 24). look in the bibliography. And, the quotes end before the citation.
44. We already learned this when we completed this
45. Punctuate it. The final step is to make sure your your intentions.
46. Punctuate it. #1. Show that you took out words from a quote by using
47. ORIGINAL PASSAGE Punctuate it. Brad Nichols added, “When you have this marketplace of junk and soda everywhere Show that you took else, it undermines the good out words from a habits that parents are trying quote by using to instill.” QUOTED According to California State Senator Brad Nichols, selling soda “undermines the good habits that parents…instill” in their children (Nichols 32).
48. ORIGINAL PASSAGE Punctuate it. Brad Nichols added, “When you have this marketplace of junk and soda everywhere #2. Show that you else, it undermines the good changed one word or habits that parents are trying the tense of a word by to instill.” using brackets. QUOTED Brad Nichols told Californians that those who sold soda “[undermined] the good habits that parents [have tried] to instill” (Nichols 32).
49. ORIGINAL PASSAGE Punctuate it. Brad Nichols added, “When you have this marketplace of junk and soda everywhere #3. Place a comma else, it undermines the good before and after a habits that parents are trying quote if it needs it… to instill.” QUOTED RULE OF THUMB: Read your writing and listen for drops in your Brad Nichols told Californians voice, pauses, and a change in that those who sold soda voice. Each drop, pause, or voice “[undermined] the good habits change represents a possible that parents [have tried] to instill” (Nichols 32).
50. ORIGINAL PASSAGE Punctuate it. Brad Nichols added, “When you have this marketplace of junk and soda everywhere Place a comma before else, it undermines the good and after a quote if it habits that parents are trying needs it… to instill.” QUOTED RULE OF THUMB: Read your writing and listen for drops in your Brad Nichols told Californians voice and pauses. Each drop or that those who sold soda pause represents a possible “[undermined] the good habits that parents [have tried] to instill” (Nichols 32).
51. Punctuate it. #4. Punctuation always goes inside Mrs. Hurd said, “Take notes the last quotes. or it will affect your grade.” 1. Periods 2. Commas 3. Exclamation Points 4. Question Marks
52. Punctuate it. #4. Punctuation always goes inside “Take notes,” said Mrs. the last quotes. Hurd, “or it will affect your grade.” 1. Periods 2. Commas 3. Exclamation Points 4. Question Marks
53. Punctuate it. #4. Punctuation always goes inside Mrs. Hurd said, “Take notes the last quotes. or it will affect your grade!” 1. Periods 2. Commas 3. Exclamation Points 4. Question Marks
54. Punctuate it. #4. Punctuation always goes inside Mrs. Hurd asked, “Did you the last quotes. take notes?” 1. Periods 2. Commas 3. Exclamation Points 4. Question Marks
55. Punctuate it. #5. Punctuation that goes outside the ORIGINAL QUOTE: final quotes “Take notes or you will lose include: points.” 1. Colons STUDENT QUOTING MRS. HURD: 2. Semicolons Did Mrs. Hurd say, “take 3. Question Mark & notes or [we’ll] lose Exclamation Points that points”? fall outside of the original quote
56. Punctuate it. #5. Punctuation that goes outside the final quotes Uncle Jesse has two include: recordings of “Blue Suede Shoes”: one by Elvis and 1. Colons one by Carl Perkins. 2. Semicolons 3. Question Mark & Exclamation Points that fall outside of the original quote
57. Punctuate it. #5. Punctuation that goes outside the final quotes His favorite songs are “Love include: Me Tender,” “Heartbreak Hotel,” and “Hound Dog”; 1. Colons he’s heard them thousands 2. Semicolons of times. 3. Question Mark & Exclamation Points that fall outside of the original quote
58. Punctuate it. #5. Punctuation that goes outside the ORIGINAL QUOTE: final quotes “Take notes or you will lose include: points.” 1. Colons STUDENT QUOTING MRS. HURD: 2. Semicolons Did Mrs. Hurd say, “take 3. Question Mark & notes or [we’ll] lose Exclamation Points that points”? fall outside of the original quote
59. Punctuate it. #6. For quotations longer than a Refer to example in the paragraph, put grammar book: quotation marks at Grade 9 – page 509 the beginning of each Grade 10 - page 511 paragraph and at the end of the final
60. Let’s practice!
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77. A Walk in the Park As I was strolling through the park I came upon a question mark. “How are you?” it said to me. “What time is it? And where are
78. A Walk in the Park Farther on I heard a yelp; An exclamation point cried, “Help!” I set off in a hasty dash – But quickly halted, feeling rash.
79. A Walk in the Park Then I spied a pair of commas Resting, briefly, in pajamas. Suddenly I felt a breeze (Surrounded by parentheses).
80. A Walk in the Park Above me, an apostrophe Declared, “I’m hiding ina tree.” I climbed in the branches to the top Until a period said, “Stop.”
81. Now, Practice it! Turn to the following pages for practice… Grade 9 – p. 517, Exercise 36, #1-5 Grade 10 – p. 510, Exercise 37, #1-10
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