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At the end of this lesson, students will: - Be able to properly punctuate a quotation without a parenthetical citation - Be able to properly place a parenthetical citation within a sentence. - Be able to properly punctuate a quotation with a parenthetical citation - Be able to punctuate quotations within quotations
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Using quotes around common words for emphasis Using quotes around an article title Using quotes around anything and then continuing the sentence after a comma
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Rule: In this instance, punctuation comes inside the quotation marks Bad Example: “… fighting to survive”. “… fighting to survive”! Good Example: “…fighting to survive.” “… fighting to survive!”
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Rule: In this instance, punctuation comes inside the quotation marks Bad Example: Tan explored this idea in her essay “Mother Tongue”. Good Example: Tan explored this idea in her essay “Mother Tongue.”
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Rule: In this instance, punctuation comes inside the quotation marks Bad Example: …described her mother’s English as “difficult to understand”, but the author disagrees with that vehemently. Good Example: …described her mother’s English as “difficult to understand,” but the author disagrees with that vehemently.
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Rule: In this instance, punctuation comes inside the quotation marks EXCEPTION!!! If you are forming an interrogative sentence, but the words you are quoting are not interrogative! Ex. How can adults call this preposterous situation “nonsense”?
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Rule: Citations go outside the quotation marks, but inside the punctuation of the sentence. Bad Example: “…needs to be corrected.” (Erikson 45). Bad Example: “…needs to be corrected.” (Erikson 45) Bad Example: “…needs to be corrected (Erikson 45).” Bad Example: “…needs to be corrected,” (Erikson 45).
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Rule: Citations go outside the quotation marks, but inside the punctuation of the sentence. Good Example: “…needs to be corrected” (Erikson 45).
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Rule: Citations go outside the quotation marks, but inside the punctuation of the sentence. EXCEPTION!!! If the text being quoted has a question mark or exclamation point, keep it inside the quotation marks and place a period after the parenthetical citation Ex. “…expected to help!” (Mirren 687). EX. “…what can we do?” (Mirren 689).
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Rule: Parenthetical Citations go a the end of a sentence, regardless of the quotation’s placement in the sentence. Bad Example: …described her mother’s English as “difficult to understand” (Tan 546), but the author disagrees with that vehemently. Good Example: …described her mother’s English as “difficult to understand,” but the author disagrees with that vehemently (Tan 546).
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Rule: Parenthetical Citations go a the end of a sentence, regardless of the quotation’s placement in the sentence. EXCEPTION!!! If you are quoting several bits within the same sentence, but they are from different pages. Ex. …is described as "marvelous" (34), "fun" (98), and "dramatic" (39).
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RULE: When quoting a piece of writing that has quotations already in it, use double quotations around the entire passage, and single quotations around the quotes. Ex: The text reads: … other Asian-American students whose English spoken in the home might also be described as “broken” or “limited.” Ex: Your insertion should look like: “… other Asian-American students whose English spoken in the home might also be described as ‘broken’ or ‘limited.’”
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