Using Quotation Marks for Direct Quotations and Certain Titles

For each of the following sentences, choose the best option that addresses the errors.

For help with this exercise, see Chapter 30.

example

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

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

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

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

d. Whenever someone asks me which poets I like, I tell them that Anne Sexton is my favorite.

  1. Question

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

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    Using Quotation Marks for Direct Quotations and Certain Titles - For each of the following sentences, choose the best option that addresses the errors.: I think you would enjoy reading some poems by Martín Espada, my English teacher told me during our conference.
  2. Question

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

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    Using Quotation Marks for Direct Quotations and Certain Titles - For each of the following sentences, choose the best option that addresses the errors.: I’m going to lend you a book called City of Coughing and Dead Radiators she said.
  3. Question

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

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    Using Quotation Marks for Direct Quotations and Certain Titles - For each of the following sentences, choose the best option that addresses the errors.: “I’ll take a look,” I replied but I really don’t like poetry very much.”
  4. Question

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

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    Using Quotation Marks for Direct Quotations and Certain Titles - For each of the following sentences, choose the best option that addresses the errors.: 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

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

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    D.

    Using Quotation Marks for Direct Quotations and Certain Titles - For each of the following sentences, choose the best option that addresses the errors.: A week later I told Professor Macarrulla that “I too had changed my mind about poetry after reading Espada’s book.”
  6. Question

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

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    Using Quotation Marks for Direct Quotations and Certain Titles - For each of the following sentences, choose the best option that addresses the errors.: Which poems did you like the best? Professor Macarrulla asked me.
  7. Question

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

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    Using Quotation Marks for Direct Quotations and Certain Titles - For each of the following sentences, choose the best option that addresses the errors.: I told her that my favorites were, Borofels and Day of the Dead on Wortman Avenue.
  8. Question

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

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    Using Quotation Marks for Direct Quotations and Certain Titles - For each of the following sentences, choose the best option that addresses the errors.: 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

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

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    Using Quotation Marks for Direct Quotations and Certain Titles - For each of the following sentences, choose the best option that addresses the errors.: Professor Macarrulla said that her favorite poem in the book was Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper.
  10. Question

    “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.

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    Using Quotation Marks for Direct Quotations and Certain Titles - For each of the following sentences, choose the best option that addresses the errors.: “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.