Chapter Exercises

Chapter Exercises

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Which of the following is one reason to use quotation marks in a sentence?

to mark an indirect quoteto show paraphrased information you borrowed from a sourceto mark a quote of more than four lines from one sourceto show you have used someone’s exact words in your paper and the quote is under four lines

When quoting two lines of poetry, what should you do?

insert the lines the way you would any other quote, but in between the two lines of poetry, insert a slash write it like any other short quote and insert the lines as you would any other quoteinsert the lines the way you would any other quote, but in between the two lines of poetry, insert a commaset off the lines as you would a longer quotation

Which of the following requires quotation marks?

book titlesshort story titles TV show titlesalbum titles

Which of the following requires quotation marks?

movie titlesany and all play titlessong titles CD titles

Which of the following requires quotation marks?

magazine titlesjournal articles journal titlesnewspaper titles

Use quotation marks when you introduce what sort of information?

familiar materialdefinitions of words titles of your essaysa speaker’s name as well as what the speaker says

Which form of punctuation follows the quotation mark?

a question mark when the quoted material is a questiona semicolon a periodan exclamation mark when the quoted material is exclamatory in nature

Don’t put quotation marks around which information?

song titleswell-known expressions newspaper article titlesarticle titles

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

Put ________ around a person's exact words.

quotation markscommasparenthesesdashes

Use ________ for direct quotes.

quotation markshyphensexclamation marksdashes

If you are using a quotation within a quotation, use ________.

hyphensparenthesessingle quotation marksdashes

Use of another person's exact words is called ________ .

indirect quotation direct quotation block quotation paraphrasing

Use quotation marks to set off the exact words of someone else in all but which of the following options?

Up to three lines of poetry Short quoted passages of less than four lines Long quotations of more than four lines A brief phrase

In a direct quotation, use ________ to separate the spoken words from the rest of the sentence.

a capital lettera question markan exclamation pointa comma

Select the answer that is punctuated correctly.

Janet yelled Don't chase the ball into the street

Janet yelled! "Don't chase the ball into the street."Janet yelled, "Don't chase the ball into the street"!Janet yelled, "don't chase the ball into the street!"Janet yelled, "Don't chase the ball into the street!"

Select the answer that is punctuated correctly.

I went to the cleaners Mary explained because I spilled ketchup on my dress.

"I went to the cleaners," Mary explained, "Because I spilled ketchup on my dress."I went to the cleaners, Mary explained, because I spilled ketchup on my dress."I went to the cleaners Mary explained," "because I spilled ketchup on my dress.""I went to the cleaners," Mary explained, "because I spilled ketchup on my dress."

Select the answer that is punctuated correctly.

Mom asked What would you do without me?

Mom asked, "What would you do without me?"Mom asked, "What would you do without me"?The punctuation is correct."Mom asked, What would you do without me?"

Which of the following is not placed in quotation marks?

the title of a playthe title of a songthe title of an essaythe title of a story

The sentence that uses quotation marks correctly is ________.

Have you read Robert Frost's poem, "The Mending Wall"? Have you read Robert Frost's poem, The Mending Wall? Have you read Robert Frost's poem, "The Mending Wall?" "Have you read Robert Frost's poem, The Mending Wall"?

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