Integrating Quotes into an Essay
Authored by COLLEEN HAMPTON
English
8th - 9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
A direct citation is..
when you rewrite the author's words in your own words
when you cite word for word from a source
Tags
CCSS.RI.3.5
CCSS.RL.4.1
CCSS.RL.5.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Does this sentence use commas correctly?
In his inaugural address, President Kennedy said, "ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
Yes
No
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Original Quote: "I don't bother suggesting Prim learn how to hunt. I tried to teach her a couple times and it was disastrous."
Which is the best way to integrate this quote?
Katniss explains to the reader how different she and Prim are: "I don't bother suggesting Prim learn how to hunt. I tried to teach her a couple times and it was disastrous."
Katniss explains to the reader how different she and Prim are. "I don't bother suggesting Prim learn how to hunt. I tried to teach her a couple times and it was disastrous."
Katniss explains: "I don't bother suggesting Prim learn how to hunt. I tried to teach her a couple times and it was disastrous."
Katniss says: "I don't bother suggesting Prim learn how to hunt. I tried to teach her a couple times and it was disastrous."
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CCSS.L.9-10.2B
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which sentence below is incorrectly punctuated?
Toan's English professor asked him what was wrong.
Toan's English professor asked, "him what was wrong."
Toan's English professor asked, "What's wrong?"
Toan's English professor asked a compelling question: "What's wrong?"
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CCSS.L.3.2C
CCSS.L.4.2B
CCSS.L.6.3A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What punctuation is needed in the sentence below?
Thoreau asks "If the bell rings, why should we run?"
Thoreau asks "If the bell rings, why should we run?" (no punctuation)
Thoreau asks, "If the bell rings, why should we run?"
Thoreau asks; "If the bell rings, why should we run?"
Thoreau asks: "If the bell rings, why should we run?"
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CCSS.L.1.2B
CCSS.L.4.3B
CCSS.L.K.2B
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What punctuation is needed in the sentence below?
Thoreau says that "We are determined to be starved before we are hungry."
Thoreau says that "We are determined to be starved before we are hungry." (no punctuation)
Thoreau says that, "We are determined to be starved before we are hungry."
Thoreau says that; "We are determined to be starved before we are hungry."
Thoreau says that: "We are determined to be starved before we are hungry."
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CCSS.L.3.2C
CCSS.L.4.2B
CCSS.L.5.2D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What punctuation is needed after the word woods?
Thoreau explains why he decided to live in the woods "I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary."
no punctuation
comma (,)
semi-colon (;)
colon (:)
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
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