WorksheetsEmbedding Quotatoins
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
These can be used to introduce a quotation after an introductory sentence or phrase.
a)
semi-colons
b)
colons
c)
commas
d)
brackets
2.
Use these when quoting poetry to indicate line breaks.
a)
Periods
b)
Brackets
c)
Commas
d)
Slashes
3.
Use these when you want to leave out any words in a quotation.
a)
Quotation marks
b)
Ellipses
c)
Brackets
d)
Parentheses
4.
When you alter, change or add anything within the quotation you must include these alterations within....
a)
Brackets
b)
Parentheses
c)
Commas
d)
Colons
5.
He describes the bird as "cheerily chirping in the early day" (Owen 6).
a)
The period should go inside the quotation mark.
b)
The "C" in "cheerily" should be capitalized.
c)
There should be a comma between Owen and "6" in the parentheses.
d)
No change the sentence is correct.
6.
We can see evidence of bias when he calls the government "misguided and completely irresponsible." (Daniels 23)
a)
The period should be after the last parentheses.
b)
The "M" in misguided should be capitalized.
c)
There should be a comma between Daniels and "23" in parentheses.
d)
There is no change the sentence is correct.
7.
Nick realises that he was "alone again in the unquiet darkness" (Fitzgerald, 25).
a)
The period should be inside the quotation marks.
b)
There should not be a comma in parentheses.
c)
There should be a comma after darkness.
d)
There should not be a page number.
8.
It is difficult to agree that "the whole affair was preposterous" (Stephens 84), when one has no first-hand knowledge of the event.
a)
The citation should be at the end of the sentence.
b)
The comma should be inside the quotation marks after preposterous.
c)
The comma should be a period, and they should start a new sentence at "when".
d)
The sentence is correct no change.
9.
Macbeth does not have time to mourn his wife's death and wishes "she should have died hereafter" (Act 5, Scene 5, Line 17).
a)
The act, scene, and line should only be listed as numbers.
b)
The period belongs inside the quotation marks.
c)
There should be a comma after wishes.
d)
There should be a colon after wishes.
10.
A block quote is...
a)
Prose that is two lines.
b)
Poetry that is two lines.
c)
Poetry that is three lines.
11.
As long as your quote explains your point clearly, you do not need to elaborate on it.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
She shows her anger when she says that they "are not to know what Mr. Bingley likes... since (they) are not to visit" (5).
a)
They cannot add a word to a sentence.
b)
The period should be inside the quotation marks.
c)
"they" should be in brackets not parentheses.
d)
There should be a colon to introduce the quote.
13.
In this poem, Auden poses a question to the reader: "Will Time say nothing but I told you so?" (18).
Is the question mark inside the quote correct?
Is the question mark inside the quote correct?
a)
It's wrong, and needs to be at the end.
b)
It's wrong there is double punctuation.
c)
It's right, the question mark is part of the original quote.
d)
It's right, the question mark is part of the writer's thought not the author's.
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