Week 25 Quotations Warm Up

Week 25 Quotations Warm Up

Quotation Marks & When To Use Them

• Goal: By the end of this warm up, I will know how to correctly use a quotation mark in two ways.

Overview

• 1. Watch a Quotation Marks video

• 2. Quotation Marks in Direct Quotes

• 3. Quotation Marks for Titles

1. Watch this Quotation Marks video.

Note: If it doesn't work, that's okay! We can watch it in class.

2. Direct Quotes

• Direct Quotation: Quoting EXACTLY what someone else says.

• Where do I put the quotation marks? ALWAYS put the quotation marks around the beginning AND end of the quote. Otherwise the reader will not know when the quote starts and stops.

• "Get the milk," she said.

• Incorrect: "Get the milk, she said. <- This just has one at the beginning.

• Incorrect: "Get the milk, she said." <- This is confusing, the "she said" part does not need to be in quotations.

When do I not need to put quotation marks?

• When you are talking about what someone said, but you don't directly quote them.

• Ex: Emett said he needed to go home and rest.

• Ex: I was being loud so the librarian told me to be quiet.

• Ex: Hannah said she was going to meet up with us later.

• <--All of these examples talk about what someone said without quoting exactly what was said.

Multiple Choice

Practice:

I already did my homework, Martha remarked.

1. How is the above sentence written correctly?

• "I already did my homework, Martha remarked."

• I already did my homework," Martha remarked.

• "I already did my homework," Martha remarked.

• As it is.

Multiple Choice

Practice:

Lyric sighed, My brother always gets good grades.

2. How is the above sentence written correctly?

• Lyric sighed, "My brother always gets good grades."

• Lyric sighed, "My brother always gets good grades.

• "Lyric sighed, My brother always gets good grades."

• As it is.

Direct Quotes: What about commas and periods?

• Commas and periods go inside the quotation marks.

• Example: Mark said "I hate oranges," the other day.

• Example: Jade said, “I love when it’s hot outside.”

Multiple Choice

Practice:

There was a storm last night, Paul said.

3. How is the above sentence written correctly?

• "There was a storm last night", Paul said.

• "There was a storm last night," Paul said.

• "There was a storm last night, Paul said.

• As it is.

Multiple Choice

Practice:

Sandy muttered, They always fight.

4. How is the above sentence written correctly?

• "They always fight".

• "They always fight.

• "They always fight."

• As it is.

Direct Quotes: When do I capitalize?

• When quoting the entire direct quote, capitalize the first letter in the quote.

• Ex: The exact phrase she used was “There is no way we will get there in time.” <--See how T in There is capitalized?

• When using just a piece of the quote and not the whole thing, don't capitalize.

• Ex: He called them “loud, energetic and positive” and he gave them a good grade. <--See how the l in loud isn't capitalized?

Multiple Choice

Practice: My aunt told me to "go and work your hardest, never give up."

5. How is the above sentence written correctly?

• My aunt told me to "Go and work your hardest, never give up."

• As it is.

Multiple Choice

Practice: My mom said I was "lazy and impatient."

6. How is the above sentence written correctly?

• My mom said I was "Lazy and impatient."

• As it is.

Direct Quotations: What if I want to break a quote up?

• Sometimes in one sentence, we put a direct quote, add some non quoted words, and then have a direct quote at the end.

• Example: “The problem with opinions,” Paula explained, “is that everyone has one."

• Or, we put a direct quote in the middle of our sentence.

• Example: He called them “loud, smelly, and utterly annoying,” and he slammed the door.

• Both of these are great, but that's why we need quotation marks so the reader knows which part of the sentence is the direct quote!

Multiple Choice

Practice:

"Don't worry," my mom said, "I'm bringing dinner."

7. How is the above sentence written correctly?

• Don't worry, my mom said, "I'm bringing dinner."

• Don't worry, my mom said, "I'm bringing dinner."

• "Don't worry, my mom said, I'm bringing dinner."

• As it is.

Multiple Choice

Practice:

Chill out, Abby scowled, we just need to make it home before midnight.

8. How is the above sentence written correctly?

• "Chill out," Abby scowled, "we just need to make it home before midnight."

• "Chill out," Abby scowled, we just need to make it home before midnight.

• Chill out, Abby scowled, "we just need to make it home before midnight."

• As it is.

3. Titles

• We use quotation marks for shorter works. If it's short, it goes in quotations.

• Example: T.V. episodes, book chapters, songs, short stories, articles, poems.

• What did you think of the Buffy the Vampire episode “Once More, With Feeling”? <--The episode is short, just one of many in the T.V. show, so its in quotations.

• Example: My favorite song right now is “Good Days" by SZA. <---A song is short, so it's in quotations.

• Example: I love the poem "Where the Sidewalk Ends." <--This is title of a poem, so its in quotations.

• Things NOT in quotation marks: Movies, books, newspapers, plays <-- All of these things are much longer.

Multiple Choice

Practice:

I listen to the song Runaway at least twice a day.

9. How is the above sentence written correctly?

• I listen to the song "Runaway" at least twice a day.

• I listen to the song Runaway at least twice a day.

• "I listen to the song Runaway at least twice a day."

• As it is.

Multiple Choice

Practice:

For our class book, we read the next chapter called Lantern Lights yesterday.

10. How is the above sentence written correctly?

• "For our class book, we read the next chapter called Lantern Lights yesterday."

• For our class book, we read the next chapter called "Lantern Lights" yesterday.

• For our class book, we read the next chapter called "Lantern Lights yesterday.

• As it is.