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add quotation marks to Cormac McCarthy’s The Road

define the grammatical rules for correct quotation used in dialog and embedded text

identify correct quotation punctuation including placement of quotation marks, commas, lead-ins, periods, etc.

create quoted dialog from a text lacking it

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I should have been more careful, he said.The boy didn't answer.You have to talk to me.Okay.You wanted to know what the bad guys looked like. Now

you know. It may happen again. My job is to take care of you. I was appointed to do that by God. I will kill anyone who touches you. Do you understand?

Yes.He sat there cowled in the blanket. After a while he looked

up. Are we still the good guys? he said.Yes. We're still the good guys.And we always will be.Yes. We always will be.

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Silently read the

following. What is missing?Where are all the

quotation marks?

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No no no… you misunderstood. They just happened to notice right after the question how nice the “jeans” you were wearing were.

…maybe they were remembering the jeans you were wearing another day.You know how hard it is for kids to keep focus.

That would totally make sense! ...if I had been wearing jeans…

I was wearing a really nice pair of jeans on Friday…

There you go. The statement “You’ve got good jeans” still applies even if you’re not wearing them.

…but…they probably meant genes.

Donovan Smith

Sarah Louise Harrell

Donovan Smith

Sarah Louise Harrell

Donovan Smith

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“Quotation Mark Song.” Troxel, Kathy. Audio Memory, YouTube, 13 Dec. 2007. Web. 26 Oct. 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBO6fKfPuRg

Fotosearch. Publitek. 20 Oct. 2010. Web. 26 Oct. 2010. http://www.fotosearch.com/clip-art/light-bulb.html

Sounds. Simply the Best. 2010. Web. 26 Oct. 2010. Boing_1.wav. http://simplythebest.net/sounds/WAV/sound_effects_WAV/miscellaneous_wavs.html

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“Quotation Mark Song.” Troxel, Kathy. Audio Memory, YouTube, 13 Dec. 2007. Web. 26 Oct. 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBO6fKfPuRg

Fotosearch. Publitek. 20 Oct. 2010. Web. 26 Oct. 2010. http://www.fotosearch.com/clip-art/light-bulb.html

Sounds. Simply the Best. 2010. Web. 26 Oct. 2010. Boing_1.wav. http://simplythebest.net/sounds/WAV/sound_effects_WAV/miscellaneous_wavs.html

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