EF5/6 Work with quotation marks

“lived a very beautiful woman.”

The Wise Woman was very beautiful.

The Wise Woman was “very beautiful” (1).

The mysterious witch was “a very beautiful woman.” (1)

The mysterious witch was “a very beautiful woman”. (1)

WRONG- TINY MISTAKE

The mysterious witch was “a very beautiful woman” (1) who lived in the town.

Is there a period in the quotation in the story?

Use quotations for special words or phrases. Words or phrases that seem important.

The Wise Woman lived “in a city” (1). NOT IMPORTANT

People thought that she was “in contact with the devil.” (1)

KEEP IT SHORT!!! JUST QUOTE A FEW WORDS.

HELPFUL

“always helped those in difficulty” (1)

The witch was always happy to assist anyone who was “in difficulty” (1) in the town.

“young girls were lonely and wanted a husband”

She found husbands for single girls who “were lonely”.(1)

JUST A FEW WORDS. LESS IS MORE.

LIKE SALT.

POWERFUL

“with her magic powers she fulfilled nonetheless their wishes”

She used “her magic powers” to grant people’s desires.

She used “her magic powers” to give people what they need.

“appear at the same time to different people, in different places”

She would “appear to different people, in different places”. NO GOOD, WAY TOO LONG

“at the same time”

People in the town could see her at various locations all over town “at the same time”.

Also, the witch could be seen “flying through the air” like a phantom.

She was mysterious so that people thought she had some ways to “contact with the devil”.

Nowadays, people still mention her whenever someone requests “an impossible favour”.

The wise woman helped the miners when they were not happy when they had “no silver in their mines”.

She was a “tricky” person.  XXX

She was a tricky person.

She was a “mysterious” person.  XXX

She was a mysterious person.

She told the judge to “watch” her as she sailed away.

As she sailed away, she “laughed at the bewildered judge” who didn’t understand how she could escape.

As she went through the wall, the judge was “bewildered” because he didn’t understand how she could escape.

“the witch had escaped”

MYSTERIOUS

“strange black eyes”

“no one knew who she was or where she had come from”

“in contact with the devil”