Quotation Marks

Use quotation marks around a direct quote and around an interrupted quote.

Example:

1. He said, “Give me liberty or give me death.”

2. “I know,” my father said, “that he is famous.”

Rule 1

Use commas to separate phrases and quotes. A comma always follows a word not the quotation marks.

Example:

1. “Ask not what your country can do for you,” said John F. Kennedy.

2. My father said, “I know many famous people.”

Rule 2

Rule 3

Place a period inside quotation marks and capitalize the first word in a quote.

Example:

1. He stated, “I enjoyed the park.”

Rule 4

Place a question mark or exclamation point inside quotation marks when it is part of the quote.

Put them outside when it is part of the entire sentence.

Example:1. Do you know who said, “The hills are

filled with gold”?2. Andrew asked, “Will you help me?”

A story about why end marks go inside of punctuation…

• It’s all about Gutenberg… So… • Who is Gutenberg?When the printing press was first invented in Europe (notice I said

in Europe… it came in China wayyyy sooner). When printing, lots of little letters are hand carved and then placed on a big plate to form words. Each piece is the size of a letter in a book. Small.

Then, after all the letters are in place, they would apply pressure to the sides to keep all the pieces in place. When the periods came at the end of a line, the pieces were so small they would often break under the pressure. To keep them from breaking as often, whenever they were used with quotation marks they would be put inside the quotes so that the quotation mark piece, which was bigger, would take more of the pressure and not break.

Examples

Add punctuation.

1. Katherine said I feel sick today.

1. Katherine said, “I feel sick today.”

Examples

Add punctuation.

2. Well said her mom if you start to feel worse, call me.

“Well,” said her mom, “if you start to feel worse, call me.”

• I found the perfect hamster at the pet store yelled jake.

• Pat asked may I help with the decorations

• Who said the play starts at 7:30 6. We will begin decorating the

gym said Roger at 5:30.

7. Who is your favorite author asked Mrs. Anderson

8. Those customs said Anna are interesting.

9. In Japan there is a holiday called Children’s Day reported Sam

10. What is the point of the story asked Lee

Homework

Textbook page 340

Exercise 2

Write the sentences.