Quotation Marks Usage and Direct Quotes

What is a direct quotation?

• A story told by someone else.

• A summary of what someone said.

• The exact words someone else said.

• A question asked by someone.

Where do you put quotation marks when writing someone's exact words?

• Only at the beginning of the sentence.

• Only at the end of the sentence.

• At the beginning and end of the exact words.

• After every word in the sentence.

When you introduce a direct quote with words like "She said," what punctuation mark comes after "said" and before the quote?

• A period.

• A comma.

• A question mark.

• An exclamation mark.

When should you NOT use quotation marks?

• When quoting someone's exact words.

• When breaking up a quotation.

• When you are not quoting word for word.

• When the quote is very long.