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    E9 Lesson 35

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    Using quotation marks serves three main purposes: 1) To indicate exact words spoken by someone in a direct quotation. 2) To enclose titles of short works such as short stories, poems, songs, chapters or articles. 3) To use single quotation marks for an element within a quotation that also requires quotation marks.

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    E9 Lesson 35

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    Using quotation marks serves three main purposes: 1) To indicate exact words spoken by someone in a direct quotation. 2) To enclose titles of short works such as short stories, poems, songs, chapters or articles. 3) To use single quotation marks for an element within a quotation that also requires quotation marks.

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    E9 Lesson 35

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    Using quotation marks serves three main purposes: 1) To indicate exact words spoken by someone in a direct quotation. 2) To enclose titles of short works such as short stories, poems, songs, chapters or articles. 3) To use single quotation marks for an element within a quotation that also requires quotation marks.

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    Using

    Quotation
    Marks
    English 9
    Direct Quotations

    • “Keep your eyes on the stars,” said Theodore Roosevelt, “but


    remember to keep your feet on the ground.”
    • Theodore Roosevelt said that people should keep their eyes on the
    stars while still staying grounded.
    “Short” Titles

    • Short stories, short poems, songs, chapters, articles, parts of books,


    etc.

    • O. Henry included the short story “The Ransom of Red Chief” in an


    anthology entitled Whirligigs.
    Exact words of a speaker

    • “When is Grandpa arriving?” asked Catherine


    “,”“.”• ”Jason is my friend,” Joe said. “We can’t leave him out of the game.”
    • The book of John says, “Jesus wept”; it is the shortest verse in the
    “”;“”: Bible.
    • “Hooray!” shouted the cheerleaders.
    • Who said, “Let them eat cake”?
    Begin a new paragraph each time
    the speaker changes
    “___________________________________________________________________
    ____________________________________________________________________
    ____________________________________________________________________
    ____________________________________________________________________
    ____________________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________

    “___________________________________________________________________
    ____________________________________________________________________
    ____________________________________________________________________
    ____________________________________________________________________
    ____________________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________

    “___________________________________________________________________
    ____________________________________________________________________
    ____________________________________________________________________
    ____________________________________________________________________
    ____________________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________”
    Use quotation marks only at the beginning and at
    the end of the quotation.

    “The future doesn’t belong to the faint-hearted but to the brave,”


    Ronald Reagan said. “The Challenger crew was pulling us into the
    future, and we’ll continue to follow them…The crew of the space shuttle
    Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We
    will never forget.”
    Use single quotation marks for an element within
    a quotation that also requires quotation marks.

    “Which American president said ’Ask not what your country can do
    for you; ask what you can do for your country’ in his inauguration
    address?” asked Mrs. Phelps.
    Enclose titles of short stories, short poems, songs, chapters,
    articles, and other parts of books and magazines.

    • We read Tennyson’s long poem Enoch Arden after reading his short
    poem “The Lady of Shalott.”
    • W. S. Giblert and Arthur Sullivan wrote the words and music to the
    famous song “I Am a Pirate King” for their comic opera The Pirates
    of Penzance.
    • O. Henry’s short story “The Romance of a Busy Broker” is found in
    his book The Four Million.

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