Embedding quotations

These can be used to introduce a quotation after an introductory sentence or phrase. 

• semi-colons
• colons
• commas
• brackets

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Use these when quoting poetry to indicate line breaks. 

• Periods
• Brackets
• Commas
• Slashes

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.5.2D

Use these when you want to leave out any words in a quotation. 

• Quotation marks 
• Ellipses
• Brackets
• Parentheses

Tags

CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

He describes the bird as "cheerily chirping in the early day" (Owen 6).

• The period should go inside the quotation mark. 
• The "C" in "cheerily" should be capitalized.
• There should be a comma between Owen and "6" in the parentheses. 
• No change the sentence is correct.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.5.2D

We can see evidence of bias when he calls the government "misguided and completely irresponsible." (Daniels 23) 

• The period should be after the last parentheses. 
• The "M" in misguided should be capitalized. 
• There should be a comma between Daniels and "23" in parentheses. 
• There is no change the sentence is correct.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2

Nick realises that he was "alone again in the unquiet darkness" (Fitzgerald, 25). 

• The period should be inside the quotation marks. 
• There should not be a comma in parentheses. 
• There should be a comma after darkness. 
• There should not be a page number.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.2B

It is difficult to agree that "the whole affair was preposterous" (Stephens 84), when one has no first-hand knowledge of the event. 

• The citation should be at the end of the sentence. 
• The comma should be inside the quotation marks after preposterous. 
• The comma should be a period, and they should start a new sentence at "when". 
• The sentence is correct no change.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.5.2D

"Warbling water," (Owen 18) is an example of alliteration. 

• The citation belongs at the end of the sentence. 
• The comma should be after the parentheses. 
• The comma is not necessary. 
• No change the sentence is correct. 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.4.2C

Macbeth does not have time to mourn his wife's death and wishes "she should have died hereafter" (Act 5, Scene 5, Line 17). 

• The act, scene, and line should only be listed as numbers. 
• The period belongs inside the quotation marks. 
• There should be a comma after wishes.
• There should be a colon after wishes.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.5.2D

There should be commas in citations. 

• True
• False 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.2.2B

CCSS.L.3.2B