E10/EF7 Using Quotations

3 uses for quotation marks:

1. direct speech- She said, "Sit down."
2. titles

Animal Farm underline Animal Farm italics

ANIMAL FARM- no good

Writing to Communicate Writing to Communicate

"The Essay" Writing to Communicate very clear

movie Star Wars 
song "I Can't Feel My Face"

3. citation, quoting, borrowing from a text- book, article, movie, interview, TV, internet, website



Copy a whole sentence. NO GOOD

Old Major said, "Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whateever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is  a friend." NO GOOD

INCORPORATE QUOTATIONS
"goes upon four legs"

Old Major warned the other animals to trust only a creature that "goes upon four legs"(6) and to mistrust any humans. 

Old Major warned the other animals to trust only leaders that have "four legs"(6) and to mistrust any humans. INCORPORATING

He also told the animals to be kind to "wild creatures" that were not livestock.

Citations/ quotations - evidence, proof

Old Major warned the other animals to trust only fellow animals and to mistrust any humans. TRUE, NO PROOF

QUOTATIONS MUST BE GRAMMATICAL

Old Major warned the other animals to trust only fellow animals and to mistrust any humans: "goes upon four legs" NO GOOD, NOT A SENTENCE

Old Major, who was a "highly regarded" (1) animal, was a natural leader of the animals. AWK

Old Major, who was "highly regarded"(1) by all, was a natural leader of the animals. BETTER STYLE


TWO OTHER THINGS TO CONSIDER

[] square brackets
... ellipsis etc. et cetera, and others

etc , and so on

On there farm, there were cows, horses, pigs, ducks, geese, etc.


Old Major was "majestic-looking... and benevolent" (1) ELIMINATED WORDS - HAS TO BE GRAMMATICAL

Old Major was "rather stout... [and] majestic-looking."(1)