The Quotation Mark

QUOTATION

MARKS

Lesson by: Gabriela Arias, and David Chávez

The quotation marks symbol is a type of punctuation used for setting words and passages apart from the rest of the text. Quotation marks, or “quotes” for short, look just like commas, except quotation marks are at the top of a line instead of at the bottom.​

QUOTATION MARKS:

TYPES OF QUOTATION MARKS

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Have you ever seen this before?
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Represents a quote within a quote.

Single Quotes

Encloses a direct quotation (repetition of someone's exact words).

Double Quotes

WHEN TO USE QUOTATION MARKS?

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President Nixon stated, “I am not a crook.”

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“The girl answered her mother by saying, 'I don't want to go alone. ' She appeared to be shivering from the cold”

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Harriet Jacobs writes, “She sat down, quivering in every limb”

Open Ended

NOW IT'S YOUR TURN! look for an example of a single or double quotation mark, and explain why it is this type of quotation mark: