WorksheetsQuotes and attribution
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins
Which quotation is properly punctuated and optimally structured for news style?
Riya Lyon said, "I'll be protesting this crazy law by staying in this tree."
"I'll be protesting this crazy law by staying in this tree," Riya Lyon said.
"I'll be protesting this crazy law by staying in this tree," said Riya Lyon.
"I'll be protesting this crazy law by staying in this tree" said Riya Lyon.
Which information would be appropriate to put as a quotation in your article?
The City Council discusses the question on Monday, Jan. 14.
The airplane lost its left engine about two hours into the flight.
I can't believe the mayor would approve such an expensive program.
all of these
Which statement is correct?
You should never allow quotes to make up the majority of an article.
Quotations should come within the first two sentences.
The lead-in to the quotation should echo/summarize the quote.
Quotations should start a new paragraph.
You need to always get permission before using someone's quote.
True
False
Which of the following is an indirect quotation?
University President Charles Karr said the campus should be completely smoke-free.
"We should be making this campus smoke-free," Karr said.
UAH President Charles Karr said there's "no doubt" the campus should be smoke-free.
A plan is in place to make the campus smoke-free.
Which of the following is a partial quote?
University President Charles Karr said the campus should be completely smoke-free.
"We should be making this campus smoke-free," Karr said.
UAH President Charles Karr said there's "no doubt" the campus should be smoke-free.
A plan is in place to make the campus smoke-free.
What kind of information generally makes for poor quotes?
Opinion
Predictions
Statistics
Feelings
What's the problem with this?
The Department of Homeland Security says it plans to revise the travel warnings.
"Department" shouldn't be capitalized
You shouldn't quote/attribute information to buildings or organizations
A direct quote would have been more appropriate
Who cares about travel warnings?!?!
In what order should you put your direct quotes?
Speaker, Verb, Quote
Verb, Speaker, Quote
Quote, Verb, Speaker
Quote, Speaker, Verb
Your original stories will have great quotations because.....
You will be a skilled interviewer
You will pick the most emotional and telling statements for direct quotes.
You will paraphrase the things that are too boring or convoluted to quote directly.
All of these
