The quotation marks come in pairs.The exact language, spoken or written, that has come from someone else is set off by them.You can quote a source or dialogue with quotation marks.It is possible to use quotation marks for titles to indicate that it is part of a larger work.If your writing is clear and easy to follow, you should use quotation marks correctly.
Step 1: The first letter of a quote should be capitalized.
If you are quoting directly from a source, such as a book, article, or journal, always use one pair of quotations around the quote and use the first letter of the direct quote.If you are quoting a complete sentence, do this.In his book, Pollen states that you can eat whatever you want as long as you make it yourself.
Step 2: A full quote should be put before a partial one.
When using quotation marks around a full quote, place a colon before the first or open quotation mark.The colon does not go in the quotation mark.The reader will know a quote is coming.Shakespeare notes in his diary that he is the poor man's playwright.Mostly plants.
Step 3: Material that appears mid-sentence is quoted by Lowercase.
If you are quoting a source within a sentence, you should use the first letter of the quote.If you are using a partial quote, you can do this.Pollen advocates for taking responsibility for one's food choices, for eating "whatever you want as long as you make it yourself," a tall order for some.
Step 4: The quotation marks should include the word "perchance" in the quote.
Commas, periods, exclamation marks, dashes, and question marks should all be inside the quotation marks.The last line of the poem "Sestina: Altaforte" states, "Hell blot black for always."
Step 5: There are quotation marks around common sayings.
There should be quotation marks on familiar sayings.Cliches can be used in quotation marks.Everyone knows the saying, "What goes in must come out." One is reminded of the phrase "It takes one to know one."
Step 6: Use quotation marks to emphasize something.
These are also known as scare quotes.Scare quotes are rarely used.In a mocking or annoyed tone, they can be used to emphasize a word or phrase.She didn't want to bring up his issue in mixed company.The in depth discussion of the problem felt insufficient.
Step 7: Only quotation marks can be put around the dialogue.
Quotation marks signal to the reader that the words are being spoken.The dialogue in a novel, short story, or poem should be marked with quotation marks.The woman screamed, "Where is my cat?"I wanted to see her.
Step 8: The word should be lowercase after the quotation mark.
The second quotation mark is followed by the word that follows it.If the speaker attribute appears after the quoted phrase, you should do this.The man asked what time it was.She said chop, chop.
Step 9: A speaker's credit should be used before a comma.
Speaker attributions like "she said," "they said" and "we yelled" should be put in quotation marks.This will let the reader know there is going to be a discussion.They yelled, "You hooligans!" when he said he couldn't make ballet class.He told his lover to love him.
Step 10: There are periods in the quotation marks.
If the original quotation does not have a period, then any periods that are part of the sentence should be included in the quotation marks.The best way to eat food, according to Pollen, is to make it yourself.
Step 11: There are quotation marks around quotes.
If you are quoting a phrase that already has quotation marks, you should change it to a single quotation mark.There are single quotation marks.He told me that I was going to be a great success, and I believed him.
Step 12: The titles of poems, short stories, and chapters in a book can be marked with quotation marks.
To off set these titles, put one set of quotation marks around them.The author's name should not be put around the title.The poem One Art by Elizabeth Bishop would appear as "One Art" if you cite it.The short story Ironhead would appear as "Ironhead" if you were citing it.It would appear as "The Boy Who Lived" from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
Step 13: The titles of articles and essays should have quotation marks on them.
When citing the title of an article in a journal, magazine, or online publication, always use quotation marks.Use one set of quotation marks around the title only and capitalize all of the words that aren't articles.If you were to cite the article The President wants to Keep Us in the Dark by Decosta, it would appear as if he wrote it.The essay The Fourth State of Matter was written by Jo Ann Beard.
Step 14: Quotation marks can be used for television episodes and song titles.
If you were talking about Bob Dylan's song "Tangled Up in Blue", it would appear as "The One With the Blackout."
Step 15: The title of the play should have quotation marks on it.
The plays should be cited with quotation marks.If you were talking about Arthur Miller's play The Crucible, it would look like it was written by him.Don't use italics or underline the title.If you are citing a collection of plays by the same playwright, for example, The Collected Plays of Arthur Miller, you would use italics for the title, not quotation marks.
Step 16: When quoting a title, do not use the quotation marks as a reference point.
There is a part of the sentence that should not be put in the quotation marks.Only include the part of the title that is already in the quotation marks.Did you like the movie?Edward Albee wrote "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" on the train.