Embedded Quotations

Embedded Quotations

Multiple Choice

Which link to text is properly embedded and given context?

• A. The narrator foreshadows the take down of Monty Monk and the Kobras. "The reason Monk didn't recognize trouble when it was staring him in the face is that the serpent in the Kobras' Eden was a girl" (Peck 135).

• B. One of the major allusions in the story comes near the beginning. When the narrator is describing the school culture, they say, "This school was old Monk's Garden of Eden" (Peck 135)

Correct Answer: B

The narrator foreshadows the take down of Monty Monk and the Kobras. "The reason Monk didn't recognize trouble when it was staring him in the face is that the serpent in the Kobras' Eden was a girl" (Peck 135).

One of the major allusions in the story comes near the beginning. When the narrator is describing the school culture, they say, "This school was old Monk's Garden of Eden" (Peck 135)

"narrator"- speaker

"describing the school culture"- plot clue

Multiple Choice

Which of the following provides the best context for this quote:

"Who is it around here doesn't know Monk Klutter" (Peck 137)?

• Klutter asks,"Who is it around here doesn't know Monk Klutter" (Peck 137)?

• After Monk hears Priscilla's question, he shows his dominance by asking the school "Who is it around here doesn't know Monk Klutter" (Peck 137)?

• Monk hears about the situation, and asks, "Who is it around her doesn't know Monk Klutter" (Peck 137)?

Answer: The Green Example

• Klutter asks,"Who is it around here doesn't know Monk Klutter" (Peck 137)?

• This option gives us a speaker, but not a listener or plot clues

• Monk hears about the situation, and asks, "Who is it around her doesn't know Monk Klutter"

• This option gives a speaker and a plot clue, but it doesn't have a listener

• After Monk hears Priscilla's question, he shows his dominance by asking the school "Who is it around here doesn't know Monk Klutter" (Peck 137)?

• This quote gives speaker, listener, and plot clues

Multiple Choice

Which element of context is the underlined part of the sentence (speaker, listener, or plot clue)?

Unfortunately, Monk may be stuck in the locker he was shoved in for longer; than expected, as the narrator tells readers that "The whole town ices up. And school closes for a week" (Peck 137).

• Speaker

• Listener

• Plot Clue

Multiple Choice

Which element of context is the underlined part of the sentence (speaker, listener, or plot clue)?

Unfortunately, Monk may be stuck in the locker he was shoved in for longer than expected, as the narrator tells readers that "The whole town ices up. And school closes for a week" (Peck 137).

• Speaker

• Listener

• Plot Clue

Poll

How comfortable do you feel embedding quotes?

• I feel completely ready to do it on my own!

• I'm still a little confused

• I have no idea what is going on