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You must read each slide, and complete any questions on the slide, in sequence.
Exercise P5-5
Quotation marks
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In each pair, click on the sentence in which quotation marks are used correctly with other punctuation marks. (All citations, in MLA style, are from the book The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan.)
Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.)
Example
Question
Correct. Titles of books are put in italics. For more help, see section P5.
Sorry. Titles of books should be put in italics, not quotation marks. For more help, see section P5.
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Question
Correct. In a direct quotation, question marks are placed inside the quotation marks unless they apply to the whole sentence. A period follows the in-text citation, at the end of the sentence. For more help, see section P5.
Sorry. In a direct quotation, question marks should go inside the quotation marks unless they apply to the whole sentence. In this case, the question mark applies just to the second question. For more help, see section P5.
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Question
Correct. A quotation that is blended into the writer’s sentence requires either a comma or, as in this case, no punctuation. For more help, see section P5.
Sorry. A quotation that is blended into the writer’s own sentence requires either a comma or, as in this case, no punctuation. For more help, see section P5.
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Question
Correct. Titles of articles and other short works are placed in quotation marks. For more help, see section P5.
Sorry. Titles of articles and other short works should be placed in quotation marks. For more help, see section P5.
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Correct. Quotation marks are not used when a long quotation is indented. For more help, see section P5.
Sorry. Quotation marks should not be used with an indented quotation. For more help, see section P5.
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Question
Correct. A question mark goes outside the quotation marks when it applies to the whole sentence. For more help, see section P5.
Sorry. A question mark should be placed outside the quotation marks when it applies to the whole sentence. For more help, see section P5.
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Question
Correct. The semicolon is placed outside the quotation marks. For more help, see section P5.
Sorry. The semicolon should be placed outside the quotation marks. For more help, see section P5.
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Question
Correct. A quotation within a quotation is placed in single quotation marks. For more help, see section P5.
Sorry. A quotation within a quotation should be placed in single quotation marks. For more help, see section P5.
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Question
Correct. When a quotation is formally introduced by an independent clause, a colon is appropriate following the independent clause. For more help, see section P5.
Sorry. When a quotation is formally introduced by an independent clause, a colon, not a comma, should be used following the independent clause. For more help, see section P5.
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Question
Correct. When two successive sentences from the same source are interrupted by explanatory words, the explanatory words are preceded by a comma and followed by a period. For more help, see section P5.
Sorry. When two successive sentences from the same source are interrupted by explanatory words, the explanatory words should be preceded by a comma and followed by a period. For more help, see section P5.
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