Miscellaneous Monday

Italics/Underline vs. Quotes Longer Works: Italicize/Underline Books/Magazines Newspapers Plays/Musicals Movies Long Poems TV Shows Paintings/sculptures Musical Albums Shorter Works: Quotation Marks Articles/Essays Book chapters Short stories Short poems Songs TV episodes

Examples: It’s hard to choose between “Long Live” and “Sparks Fly” as the best song on Taylor Swift’s 2010 album Speak Now. “Frame Toby” is, arguably, the best episode of NBC’s The Office. My Favorite chapter in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is “Godric’s Hallow.” The columnist’s article “Ten Ways to Succeed” was the feature in this week’s New York Times.

In-Text Citations Heads-Up: Period comes AFTER citation. Use a slash ( / ) to separate lines of a song. “And we were bound to the city life / Flashlights when we’re falling into the sky” (Milky Chance). Use an ellipsis (…) to indicate an omission “The man who makes an appearance in the business world…is the man who gets ahead” (Miller 27). DO NOT use an ellipsis to change the meaning of a quote. Period comes AFTER citation.

PUNCTUATION AND QUOTES  Commas and periods go INSIDE of quotation marks (unless a parenthetical citation follows). We read “My Papa’s Waltz,” “Those Winter Sundays,” and “Eighty-Yard Run.” Colons and semi-colons should be placed OUTSIDE of quotation marks I described the core assessments as “extremely fun, enlightening projects”; however, the English 12 students disagreed. The students added two more words to the board titled “Benedict Dialect”: bought and foggy.

PUNCTUATION AND QUOTES Question Marks and Exclamation Points: Place INSIDE the quotes if the punctuation is associated with what is being said. The kid asked, “What did I do wrong?” Place OUTSIDE the quotes if the punctuation applies to the whole sentence. Did Mr. Benedict tell the students that they should “continue working on their project”?

Commonly Confused Words ACCEPT – to receive “He accepted the apology.” VS. Except – To take or leave out “Take everything except the chairs.” Affect – To influence (v) “A lack of sleep affects productivity.” VS. Effect – A result (n) “The storm’s effect was devastating.” ** When in doubt, use “impact.”

Commonly Confused words Whose – Possession “Whose radio is this?” VS. Who’s – Contraction of “who is.” “Who’s going to the game tonight?” Every Day (n) – Each singular day “I go to school every [each] day.” VS. Everyday (adj) – routine occurrence “Football practice is an everyday event.”

Commonly confused words Complement – Complete or make whole. “The sweater complements her outfit.” Compliment – Praise/admiration “I complimented her outfit.”

Commonly Confused words Farther: A greater distance (literal distance) “The player’s second homerun went farther than his first homerun.” Further: Above and beyond (figurative distance) “The man offered no further information about the attack.”

Commonly Confused Words Who Vs. Whom Who: Refers to the subject of the sentence (the person committing the action) Examples: Who is going to the party? Who likes Pepsi more than Coke? Who will win the race? Note: These questions can be answered with the word “he.” Whom: Refers to the object of the sentence (the person being acted upon) Examples: Whom do you consider to be the best dancer? She went to the party with whom? Note: These questions can be answered with the word “him.”

In-class assignment: Write a short paragraph/story in which you include all of the following: At least 1 italicized/underlined reference and 1 quoted reference Proper comma/period/semicolon placement Proper use of the words “everyday” and “whom” Proper use of at least 2 other commonly confused words ** Be creative as possible!