ninth grade english. use quotation marks to enclose only direct quotations---exact words ◦...
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NINTH GRADE ENGLISH
Use quotation marks to enclose ONLY direct quotations---exact words
◦ Example: Melanie said, “This car is making a very strange
noise.” “Maybe we should pull over,” suggested Amy. She shouted, “We can win, team!”
Do not use quotation marks with indirect quotations…
◦ Examples Stephanie said that she was going to wash the car. The student said that he had already completed the
project.
Direct quotes generally begin with a capital letter.
◦ Examples: Explaining the lever, Archimedes said, “Give me a
place to stand, and I can move the world. Miss Perez answered, “The rest of the chapter, of
course.
When an interrupting expression divides a quoted sentence into two parts, the second part begins with a lowercase letter.
◦ Examples: “I wish,” she said, “that we went to the same
school.” “I know,” I answered, “but at least we are friends.”
Direct quotes can be set off from the rest of the sentence by a quotation mark, exclamation point, a question mark…but not a period.
◦ Basically, you can end a quote with any of these types of punctuation and continue your sentence.
Rules for where to place punctuation:
◦ Commas and periods are placed INSIDE closing QM
◦ Semicolons and colons are placed OUTSIDE closing QM
◦ Question marks and exclamation points are placed INSIDE closing QM…if the quote itself is quote or an exclamation…otherwise, they go outside
When typing, you should use italics When handwriting, you should use
underlining You should never use both Although people do it all the time for
emphasis in things such as notes…it’s not proper to do in formal English!
BooksTo Kill a Mockingbird
Drivers Ed
PlaysRomeo and Juliet
Driving Miss Daisy
MoviesGone with the Wind
Night at the Museum
NewspapersMobile PressUSA Today
MagazinesPeople
Sports Illustrated, Seventeen
Television SeriesCSI Miami
Mythbusters
Works of ArtMona Lisa
The Thinker
ShipsTitanicHoliday
AirplanesEnola Gay
Spirit of St. Louis
SpacecraftColumbia
Apollo
Book Length Poems
OdysseyIlliad
Long Musical Compositions (CD Titles)
Swan LakeLeave This Town
Foreign Wordssemper fidelis
carpe diem
Words Used as WordsThe word Mississippi has
four s’s and four i’s.
Articles“What Teenagers Need
To Know about Diets
Essays“Charley in Yellowstone”
“An Apartment in Yellowstone”
Short Stories“The Most Dangerous Game”
“The Necklace”
Poems
“The Raven”“Fifteen”
Songs“Home”
“Sweet Caroline”
Episodes of TV Series
“The Sure Thing”“Monarch in Waiting”
Book Chapters“The Talk of the Town”
“Life in the First Settlement”