English 12 Using Quotions Marks

Using quotation marks " "
1. direct speech
He said, "Thank you."
My mother always told me, "Be nice to animals."
My mother always told me to be nice to animals.

2. titles
Inside Stories III
Inside Stories III italics
Inside Stories III NOT BOTH XXX

"The Painted Door" part of a book, chapter
"Prelude to Jumping in the River"

3. verbal irony- air quotes

4. incorporating quoted material into our sentences

COPIED DOWN WHOLE SENTENCES
"Waiting, I have missed the jump, the perfect, reckless moment when we cannot turn back."

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INCORPORATE OUR QUOTATIONS
choosing some useful phrases from the text
READING TECHNIQUE

The narrator is regretful that she "missed the jump" due to her excessive hesitation.
INCORPORATED QUOTED MATERIAL INTO MY SENTENCE

She understands that at the "perfect, reckless moment" when she should have made her decision to jump, she was paralyzed by her indecisiveness. 

GRAMMATICAL
She understands that when she should have made her decision to jump, she was paralyzed by her indecisiveness: "perfect, reckless moment".  NO GOOD, NOT A SENTENCE

She seems to understand that she "cannot turn back" and have another opportunity to make the decision.
INCORPORATED


EXTRA TECHNIQUES

... ellipsis
[ ] square brackets


She learns that she can jump or not jump, but "never both at once."

The poem tells us that we must "jump or retreat" rather than remain indecisive.
The poem tells us that we must "jump or retreat".

Our paralysis about making an important decision in life "could last years" unless we resolve one way or the other.

When something important is "at stake", we are reluctant to make a final choice in case we choose the wrong way.

The pressure of having to make the right decision on an important issue will "give us pause."