Embedding quotation Mid-term Review-G11

What is wrong with this embedding?

Before purchasing a hognose snake, a potential owner should be sure they have a reliable supplier for “Frozen and thawed mouse pinkies” (Shinyu).

• The quotation should not be capitalized.

• It forms a non-sentence.

• The citation should give the article name.

• Nothing is wrong with this embedding.

What is wrong with this embedding?

In captivity, Western Hognose snakes should eat “Frozen and thawed mouse pinkies dusted with vitamin powder” (Shinyu).

• Nothing is wrong with this embedding.

• The quotation should not be capitalized.

• The citation is in the wrong place.

• There should be a colon before the quote.

What is wrong with this embedding?

In a hognose snake enclosure, “At least four inches of substrate where they can burrow, and several different options for hides” (Shinyu).

• The quotation should not be capitalized.

• A colon should be used instead of a comma.

• This forms a non-sentence.

• There is nothing wrong with this embedding.

What is wrong with this embedding?

“Western and Eastern Hognose . . . make excellent pets,” according to reptile expert Mark Shinyu.

• You should never start a sentence with the quotation.

• It is missing an in-text citation.

• The ellipses are used incorrectly.

• Nothing is wrong with this embedding.

There is one common problem that some owners have with Western Hognose snakes as pets: "They have a tendency to avoid eating" (Shinyu).

• The colon should be a comma

• The quotation should not be capitalized.

• This forms a run-on sentence.

• There is nothing wrong with this embedding.

The best enclosure for a hognose snake has features of their natural habitat like "substrate where they can burrow" and "several different options for hides." (Shinyu)

What is wrong with this embedding?

• Ellipses should be used.

• The quotation should be capitalized.

• The period goes after the citation.

• Nothing is wrong with this embedding.

Any words which are not your own should be enclosed within these

• Quotation Marks 
• Commas
• Brackets
• Parentheses

Use these when quoting poetry to indicate line breaks. 

• Periods .

• Brackets ( )

• Commas ,

• Slashes /

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.

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.