Using Quotation Marks for Direct Quotations and Certain Titles

1. Whenever someone asks me which poets I like, I tell them that “Anne Sexton is my favorite. “
   1. Whenever someone asks me which poets I like, I tell them that, “Anne Sexton is my favorite.”
   2. Whenever someone asks me which poets I like, I tell them that “Anne Sexton” is my favorite.
   3. Whenever someone asks me which poets I like, I tell them, that “Anne Sexton is my favorite”.
   4. Whenever someone asks me which poets I like, I tell them that Anne Sexton is my favorite.

1. Question 1.703

   I think you would enjoy reading some poems by Martín Espada, my English teacher told me during our conference.

   A.

   a. I think you would enjoy reading some poems by Martín Espada “my English teacher told me” during our conference.

   B.

   b. “I think you would enjoy reading some poems by Martín Espada,” my English teacher told me during our conference.

   C.

   c. I think you would enjoy reading some poems by “Martín Espada,” my English teacher told me during our conference.

   D.

   d. “I think you would enjoy reading some poems” by Martín Espada my English teacher told me during our conference.

2. Question 1.704

   I’m going to lend you a book called City of Coughing and Dead Radiators she said.

   A.

   a. “I’m going to lend you a book called City of Coughing and Dead Radiators,” she said.

   B.

   b. I’m going to lend you a book called “City of Coughing and Dead Radiators” she said.

   C.

   c. I’m going to lend you a book called “City of Coughing and Dead Radiators” she said.

   D.

   d. “I’m going to lend you a book” called City of Coughing and Dead Radiators she said.

3. Question 1.705

   “I’ll take a look,” I replied but I really don’t like poetry very much.”

   A.

   a. “I’ll take a look, I replied, but I really don’t like poetry very much.”

   B.

   b. “I’ll take a look,” I replied but I really don’t like poetry very much.

   C.

   c. I’ll take a look “I replied but I really don’t like poetry very much.”

   D.

   d. “I’ll take a look,” I replied, “but I really don’t like poetry very much.”

4. Question 1.706

   I had a student last year who announced, I hate poetry, but he changed his mind after reading this book, replied my teacher.

   A.

   a. I had a student last year who announced “I hate poetry,” but he changed his mind after reading this book, replied my teacher.

   B.

   b. “I had a student last year who announced, ‘I hate poetry,’ but he changed his mind after reading this book,” replied my teacher.

   C.

   c. “I had a student last year who announced, I hate poetry, but he changed his mind after reading this book,” replied my teacher.

   D.

   d. “I had a student last year who announced, “I hate poetry,” but he changed his mind after reading this book, replied my teacher.

5. Question 1.707

   A week later I told Professor Macarrulla that “I too had changed my mind about poetry after reading Espada’s book.”

   A.

   a. A week later “I told Professor Macarrulla that I too had changed my mind about poetry” after reading Espada’s book.

   B.

   b. “A week later I told Professor Macarrulla that I too had changed my mind about poetry after reading Espada’s book.”

   C.

   c. A week later I told Professor Macarrulla that “I too had changed my mind about poetry” after reading Espada’s book.

   D.

   d. A week later I told Professor Macarrulla that I too had changed my mind about poetry after reading Espada’s book.

6. Question 1.708

   Which poems did you like the best? Professor Macarrulla asked me.

   A.

   a. Which poems did you like the best? “Professor Macarrulla asked me.”

   B.

   b. Which poems did you like the best? Professor Macarrulla asked me.

   C.

   c. “Which poems did you like the best?” Professor Macarrulla asked me.

   D.

   d. “Which poems did you like the best?, Professor Macarrulla asked me.”

7. Question 1.709

   I told her that my favorites were, Borofels and Day of the Dead on Wortman Avenue.

   A.

   a. I told her that my favorites were “Borofels and Day of the Dead on Wortman Avenue.”

   B.

   b. I told her that “My favorites were “Borofels” and “Day of the Dead on Wortman Avenue.””

   C.

   c. I told her that my favorites were “Borofels” and “Day of the Dead on Wortman Avenue.”

   D.

   d. “I told her that my favorites were” Borofels and Day of the Dead on Wortman Avenue.

8. Question 1.710

   I explained that “Borofels reminded me of my own experience growing up in Brooklyn with Puerto Rican parents who spoke very little English.”

   A.

   a. I explained that “Borofels” reminded me of my own experience growing up in Brooklyn with Puerto Rican parents who spoke very little English.

   B.

   b. I explained that “Borofels” reminded me of my own experience “growing up in Brooklyn with Puerto Rican parents who spoke very little English.”

   C.

   c. I explained that Borofels reminded me of my own experience growing up in Brooklyn with Puerto Rican parents who spoke very little English.

   D.

   d. “I explained that Borofels reminded me of my own experience growing up in Brooklyn with Puerto Rican parents who spoke very little English.”

9. Question 1.711

   Professor Macarrulla said that her favorite poem in the book was Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper.

   A.

   a. Professor Macarrulla said “that her favorite poem in the book was ‘Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper.’”

   B.

   b. Professor Macarrulla said that her favorite poem in the book was Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper.

   C.

   c. Professor Macarrulla said that her favorite poem in the book was “Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper.”

   D.

   d. “Professor Macarrulla said that her favorite poem in the book was “Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper.””

10. Question 1.712

    “I like that poem, she explained because it reminds me that no matter how much success you achieve in life, you should never forget your working-class roots.

    A.

    a. I like that poem, she explained, because it reminds me that no matter how much success you achieve in life, you should never forget your working-class roots.

    B.

    b. “I like that poem,” she explained, because it reminds me that no matter how much success you achieve in life, you should never forget your working-class roots.

    C.

    c. “I like that poem she explained because it reminds me that no matter how much success you achieve in life, you should never forget your working-class roots.”

    D.

    d. “I like that poem,” she explained, “because it reminds me that no matter how much success you achieve in life, you should never forget your working-class roots.”