The rules set forth in this section are customary in the United States. Great Britain and other countries in the Commonwealth of Nations are governed by quite different conventions. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Rule 4 in this section, a rule that has the advantage of being far simpler than Britain's and the disadvantage of being far less logical. Rule 1. Use double quotation marks to set off a direct word-for-word quotation. Rule 2a. Always capitalize the first word in a complete quotation, even midsentence.
Rule 2b. Do not capitalize quoted material that continues a sentence. Rule 3a. Use commas to introduce or interrupt direct quotations of dialogue or text. Rule 3b. If the quotation comes before he said, she wrote, they reported, Dana insisted , or a similar attribution, end the quoted material with a comma, even if it is only one word. Put a comma before a full quote. Whenever you use quotation marks around a full quote, place a comma or a colon before the first, or open, quotation mark.
The comma or colon does not go in the quotation mark, just before it. This will let the reader know a quote is coming. Mostly plants. Lowercase quoted material that appears mid-sentence. If you are quoting a source within a sentence, not at the end of a sentence, lowercase the first letter of the quote.
You can do this if you are using a partial quote of a longer quote in a sentence. Include punctuation in the quote inside the quotation marks. Commas, periods, exclamation marks, dashes, and question marks that appear in the quote should all go inside the quotation marks.
Put quotation marks around common sayings. Familiar sayings should be demarcated with quotation marks. Cliches can also go in quotation marks. Use quotation marks to emphasize a word or phrase. These are also known as scare quotes. Scare quotes are not used often. But they can be used to emphasize a word or phrase in a sentence in a mocking or annoyed tone. Method 2. Put quotation marks around the dialogue only. Quotation marks are essential for notating dialogue, as they signal to the reader the words are being spoken.
You should use quotation marks around dialogue in a novel, short story, or poem. Lowercase the word after the quotation mark. Always lowercase the word that follows the close quotation mark, or the second quotation mark.
Do this if the speaker attribution appears after the quoted phrase. Use a comma before a speaker attribution. This will signal to the reader there is about to be dialogue. Include commas and periods in the quotation marks. Any commas or periods that are part of the sentence should be included in the quotation marks, even if the original quotation does not have a comma or a period.
Put single quotation marks around quotes within quotations. If you are quoting a phrase that already has quotation marks, change the quotation marks in the phrase to single quotation marks. Method 3. Use quotation marks for the titles of poems, short stories, and chapters in a book.
An effective time is near the end of one of the sections in your speech. Tip: If you are delivering a speech or presentation with visuals, display the quotation on a screen for your audience to read. This gives you and the audience a break. If you missed our speech writing series, and you want to learn how to write and deliver a speech, please read these posts: The Complete Speechwriting Series In this post, I want to talk about why you need quotations when you write a speech.
But why should we include quotations in our speeches? A quotation offers a second voice that echoes your thoughts, beliefs, and claims. They said it better : Quotations provide a better way of saying things.
New York and London: W. Quoting: When and how to use quotations. Welcome back! Student Learning Commons services are here for you this Fall -- both in-person and online. On this page Quoting When should you quote? Quoting basics Framing your quotations.
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