5.3 Using Quotation Marks in Writing

Rate your confidence in using quotation marks to punctuate a DIRECT QUOTE (copying what someone else has said or written into your own writing)

• Alpha / Sigma

• Skibidi Rizz

• Mid

• Beta Ohio

Where do you put quotation marks when you are quoting something?

• Before & After

• Before

• After

• After & Before

Quotation Marks are used whenever you use words or speech that is not _____________.

In this instance: Joe is such a "cool" guy, what might the author really be saying?

• Joe is not a cool guy.

• Joe is a neat person.

• Joe is a great helper.

• Joe is a normal person.

It is VERY important for a reader to understand what a writer means?

• True

• False

True or False:

The speaker in this video is saying that use of scare quotes implies that the author is: smug, arrogant, superior, or stuck up.

• True

• False

Which punctuation marks ALWAYS go inside of quotation marks?​ ​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​

• Periods.
• Commas,
• Exclamation Points!
• Question Marks?
• Semicolons;
• Colons:

Exclamation Points & Question Marks go inside a quotation mark if...

• They are part of the direct quote being used.

• the quote being used is confusing.

• They are part of a question you, the writer, has asked.

• they are used.

True or False:

A comma should be used when introducing a direct quote.

• True

• False

True or False:

No punctuation is needed if the quote is simply fitted into the sentence.

• True

• False