2.3 Citations Grammar Quiz

Which of the choices below is the BEST WAY to correct the highlighted portion below?

J.R.R Tolkien's character, Bilbo, said he is, afraid of losing himself like others before him (Annotated Hobbit 226).

• said he is "afraid of losing himself

• said he is, "afraid of losing himself"

• said, he is "afraid of losing himself"

• said he is "afraid of losing himself"

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which of the choices below is the BEST WAY to correct the highlighted portion below?

The most recent issue featured three swinging oranges with hair on it.

• It is correct as it is.

• featured "three swinging oranges with hair" on it

• featured three swinging "oranges" with hair on it.

• featured, three swinging oranges, with hair on it

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

Which of the choices below is the BEST WAY to correct the highlighted portion below?

According to Kidder et al., “To write is to talk to strangers” (3 Writing).

• al., To write is to talk to strangers." (3)

• al., "To write is to talk to strangers" ("Writing" 3).

• al. "To write is to talk to strangers ( "Writing" 3)."

• al., "To write is to talk to strangers."

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which of the choices below is the BEST WAY to correct the highlighted portion below?

Kathleen Kingsbury cited bosses relying "mainly on customer's generosity," as a possible cause ("Tipping System").

• "mainly on customer's generosity" as a possible cause ("Tipping System").

• mainly on customer's generosity as a possible cause (Kingsbury).

• "mainly on customer's generosity" as a possible cause (Kingsbury, Tipping System)

• It is correct as it is.

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which of the choices below is the BEST WAY to correct the highlighted portion below?

In Hamlet, Polonius reminds us to thine ownself be true (Shakespeare 1.3.78).

• us "to thine ownself be true" (Shakespeare 1.3.78).

• us "to thine ownself be true." (Shakespeare 1.3.78).

• us "to thine ownself be true" (Shakespeare).

• It is correct as it is.

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which of the choices below is the BEST WAY to correct the highlighted portion below?

"Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately, (Smith 10)."

• ignorance rather than deliberately" (Smith, 10)."

• ignorance rather than deliberately" (Smith 10).

• ignorance rather than deliberately.

• It is correct as it is.

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2

Which of the choices below is the BEST WAY to correct the highlighted portion below?

Human beings have been described by Kenneth Burke as "symbol-using animals" (3).

• by Kenneth Burke, as "symbol-using animals (3).

• by Kenneth Burke as symbol-using animals.

• by Kenneth Burke as, "symbol-using animals (3)."

• It is correct as it is.

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which of the choices below is the BEST WAY to correct the highlighted portion below?

Murray states that writing is "a process" that "varies with our thinking style."

• varies with our thinking style".

• "varies with our thinking style" (Write to Learn 6).

• "varies with our thinking style (Write to Learn 6)."

• It is correct as it is.

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which of the choices below is the BEST WAY to correct the highlighted portion below?

Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (263).

• a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings," (263).

• a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings (263)."

• a spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings "263".

• It is correct as it is.

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which of the choices below is the BEST WAY to correct the highlighted portion below?

Using the image of the "gray cat" in the "gray backyard" Henry shows the reader how Della feels. (1)

• "gray backyard, Henry shows the reader how Della feels. (1).

• "gray backyard," Henry shows the reader how Della feels (1).

• "gray backyard" Henry shows the reader how Della feels, (1).

• It is correct as it is.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A