ninth grade english. use quotation marks to enclose only direct quotations---exact words ◦...

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”