Monday, April 13 GUM 13.2 Literary Analysis and Composition

GUM 13.2 What are our lesson objectives? What will I be able to do by the end of this lesson? I will be able to: Use quotation marks correctly in direct quotations. Capitalize direct quotations correctly. Distinguish between direct and indirect quotations. Use commas and end marks correctly in direct quotations.

Keywords and Pronunciation direct quotation : the exact words of a speaker or writer end mark : the punctuation mark at the end of a sentence indirect quotation : repeating the idea of someone else, without using the exact words; indirect quotations do not use quotation marks, are punctuated like regular sentences, and are often introduced by the word that

How do I punctuate dialogue? This lesson shows how quotation marks and capital letters, commas, and end marks are used with direct quotations. Only a person's exact words should be enclosed in quotation marks. Each individual sentence in a quotation should not be placed in quotation marks. She said, "What happened to my umbrella?“ She said, "What happened to my umbrella? It was here yesterday." When a statement is paraphrased, it should not be placed in quotation marks. She said that she didn't know what happened to her umbrella.

A sentence of a direct quotation should begin with a capital letter. I answered, "We used the umbrella last night.” When a quotation of a sentence is interrupted, the second half should not begin with a capital letter. "Okay," she answered, "but tell me next time." When a quotation ends a sentence, place a period inside the quotation marks. However, when a speaker tag follows the quotation, the period comes at the end of the sentence. She said, "It may rain this afternoon." "It may rain this afternoon," she said.

Let’s Practice! Write each sentence, adding capital letters, quotation marks, and other punctuation marks as needed. 1. a cat has absolute honesty Ernest Hemingway noted 2. someone once said it’s nice for children to have pets—until the pets start having children 3. if things went by merit Mark Twain announced you would stay out and your dog would go in

Let’s Practice! Write each sentence, adding capital letters, quotation marks, and other punctuation marks as needed. 4. young gorillas are friendly Will Cuppy said 5. Samuel Butler said the hen is an egg’s way of producing another egg 6. if ants ever take over the world he mused I hope they remember that I invited them to all my picnics

Let’s Practice! Write each sentence, adding capital letters, quotation marks, and other punctuation marks as needed. 7. all animals are equal said George Orwell but some are more equal than others 8. money will buy a pretty good dog commented Josh Billings but it won’t buy the wag of its tail 9. what modest claim do kittens make David Irvine asked they claim the ownership of humans

Let’s Practice! Write each sentence, adding capital letters, quotation marks, and other punctuation marks as needed. 10. animals are such agreeable friends George Eliot stated they ask no questions and pass no criticisms 11. it amuses me to talk to animals George Bernard Shaw said 12. He added the intellectual context of our conversations may to some extent escape them

Let’s Practice! Write each sentence, adding capital letters, quotation marks, and other punctuation marks as needed. 13. can one love animals or children too much Jean-Paul Sartre once asked 14. a cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased said William Inge which is more than can be said for humans 15. it is odd Frederick Goodyear once said that few animals are more unsteady on their feet than centipedes

Let’s Practice! Write each sentence, adding capital letters, quotation marks, and other punctuation marks as needed. 16. William Lyon Phelps asked what is a dog’s ideal in a life That’s easy. it is a life of active uselessness. 17. of this I am sure someone once said that nothing is sure 18. Emily Dickinson said my ideal cat always has a huge rat in its mouth

Let’s Practice! Write each sentence, adding capital letters, quotation marks, and other punctuation marks as needed. 19. The caribou seem to have no idea whatever of personal comfort William Parker Greenough noted 20. to me someone once said the noblest of dogs is the hot dog it feeds the hand that bites it