Direct Quotes

Direct Quotes

Citing Text Evidence

Poll

Are you already confident including quotes in your writing?

• I know how to properly format quotation marks in my writing and am confident including them!

• I don't always know how to properly format quotation marks in my writing, but I try my best to do it anyway!

• I don't know how to format quotation marks in my writing, so I avoid them.

• I think I know how to use quotation marks correctly, but I am not always confident including them.

Multiple Choice

Which quote is formatted correctly?

• Amanda Gorman said, "We've learned that quiet isn't always peace, and the norms and notions of what just is isn't always just-ice."

• "Amanda Gorman said, We've learned that quiet isn't always peace, and the norms and notions of what just is isn't always just-ice."

• Amanda Gorman said, We've learned that quiet isn't always peace, and the norms and notions of what just is isn't always just-ice.

Multiple Choice

Which quote is formatted correctly?

• Amanda Gorman said, "we've learned that quiet isn't always peace, and the norms and notions of what just is isn't always just-ice."

• Amanda Gorman said, "We've learned that quiet isn't always peace, and the norms and notions of what just is isn't always just-ice."

• We've learned that quiet isn't always peace, and the norms and notions of what just is isn't always just-ice.

Multiple Choice

Which quote is formatted correctly?

• Amanda Gorman said, "We've learned that quiet isn't always peace, and the norms and notions of what just is isn't always just-ice."

• When Amanda Gorman said that quiet isn't always peace she was saying that sometimes we need to speak up loudly to make things fair for everyone.

• "We've learned that quiet isn't always peace, and the norms and notions of what just is isn't always just-ice."

Multiple Choice

Which quote is formatted correctly?

• Amanda Gorman said, "We've learned that quiet isn't always peace, and the norms and notions of what just is isn't always just-ice."

• Amanda Gorman said "We've learned that quiet isn't always peace, and the norms and notions of what just is isn't always just-ice."

• Amanda Gorman, said "We've learned that quiet isn't always peace, and the norms and notions of what just is isn't always just-ice."

Multiple Choice

Which quote is formatted correctly?

• Amanda Gorman said, "We've learned that quiet isn't always peace, and the norms and notions of what just is isn't always just-ice."

• Amanda Gorman said, "We've learned that quiet isn't always peace, and the norms and notions of what just is isn't always just-ice".

Multiple Choice

Which quote is formatted correctly?

• When Amanda Gorman said that "quiet isn't always peace" she was saying that sometimes we need to speak up loudly to make things fair for everyone.

• When Amanda Gorman said that "quiet isn't always peace," she was saying that sometimes we need to speak up loudly to make things fair for everyone.

Multiple Choice

TRUE or FALSE: You can always just drop a quote into your writing. You don't always have to explain why it is there!

• TRUE!!!!

• FALSE!!!!

Poll

How confident do you feel formatting direct quotes in your writing?