QUOTATION MARK CHALLENGES

QUOTATION MARKS

LESSON A - Quotations Marks in Direct Quotations

RULE 1a

When a person or work is quoted directly and word for word, the quotation is placed in quotation marks.
She trilled excitedly, "Look at that!"

RULE 1b

An indirect quotation in which the substance but not exact wording is used does not take quotations marks.
She said that it was really impressive.

RULE 2a

If a question or exclamation is quoted directly, the quotation contains the question mark or exclamation point.
She asked her girlfriend, "Did you see that?"

RULE 2b

If the question or exclamation is at the end of the quotation, the question mark or exclamation point comes before the closing quotation mark.
"Look at that!" the girlfriend exclaimed. "Can you believe that?"


EXERCISE

Insert quotation marks, capitalizations and punctuation in the following sentences. (I have purposely left out all punctuation and capitalizations.)

how are you he asked

did you know that your face is red

wow she lisped that is impressive

caesar said et tu brute and died

Lesson B will be posted tomorrow.


TODAY'S WORD

The word for today is "implacable".
Define "implacable" and use it in a sentence.