E11 "" Quoting material

"" quotation marks

1. direct, reported speech
She said, "I'm not hungry."

2. titles of short stories or articles

Inside Stories III
Inside Stories III
"Blue Boots"

3. quoting material from a text
incorporate quoted material into out writing

We cant't just copy out of the book. That is plagiarizing.

Stepmother was a woman who had "high cheekbones" (5).

Poh-Poh was the "arbitrator of the old ways" (6) which means she kept up the traditional thinking of China even though she lived in Canada. 

Incorporate the quoted material into your own sentence.

Poh-Poh kept up the traditional thinking of China even though she lived in Canada- "arbitrator of the old ways" (6). XXXXXXXXXXXXX

It has to be a sentence. It has to have good grammar.

Kiam's real mother "died mysteriously" (6) when he was a baby, and now he had another mother.

The quoted material should be only a few words (1-5 words).

Put it into your own words or quote it.

You have to think about what's reasonable for the length of the quotations.

What words should you quote? Only special words or phrases.

"Kiam's"(7) "real" (35) "mother" (62) "died mysteriously" (6) "when" (107) he was a baby, and now he had another mother. XXXXX

Kiam's real mother "died mysteriously" (6) when he was a baby, and now he had another mother.

PROOF, EVIDENCE, RESEARCH


...  ellipsis

[ ]  square brackets

"I had her eyes and delicate mouth, her high forehead but not her high cheekbones." (5)

Stepmother was a beautiful woman with a "high forehead... [and] high cheekbones" (5).

MAKE MINOR CHANGES USING ... and [ ].


Stepmother had "[three] eyes and [a] delicate mouth". DISHONEST

Stepmother had nice "eyes and [a] delicate mouth".


He said, "I hate to see my kids cry because I love them so much."

He said, "I hate ... my kids ... so much." DISHONEST

HW Write a sentence or two describing Wang Bak using "".