Formatting Quotations

Correct any errors in capitalization or punctuation:

"'After a good dinner one can forgive anybody', joked a character in one of Oscar Wilde's plays, 'Even one's own reflections.'"

• "After a good dinner one can forgive anybody", joked a character in one of Oscar Wilde's plays, "Even one's own relations."

• "After a good dinner one can forgive anybody," joked a character in one of Oscar Wilde's plays, "even one's own reflections."

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CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

Correct any errors in capitalization or punctuation:

World-renowned chef Ferran Adrià once dramatically asserted that it takes, "An entire life just to know about tomatoes".

• World-renowned chef Ferran Adrià once dramatically asserted that it takes "an entire life just to know about tomatoes."

• World-renowned chef Ferran Adrià once dramatically asserted that it takes, "An entire life just to know about tomatoes."

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CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

Correct any errors in capitalization or punctuation:

"How wonderful is it that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to move the world." Observed Anne Frank.

• "How wonderful is it that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to move the world," Observed Anne Frank.

• "How wonderful is it that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to move the world," observed Anne Frank.

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CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

Which of the following is the proper way to use parenthetical citation.

• "This point has been argued before" (Frye).

• "This point has been argued before." (Frye)

• "This point has been argued before." (Frye).

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CCSS.L.6.2A

Dialogue inside of a quote is surrounded by

• Single quotation marks ' ' 
• Double quotation marks " "
• Parentheses ( ) 
• Brackets [ ] 

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CCSS.L.6.2A

When citing a quotation, the page number goes

• Inside double quotation marks " "
• Inside single quotation marks ' ' 
• Inside parentheses ( ) 
• Inside brackets [ ] 

If a quote ends with a question mark or exclamation point...

• you keep it and do not add a period after the page number and parentheses
• you move it after the page number and parentheses
• you erase it, and add a period after the page number and parentheses
• you keep it, and still add a period after the page number and parentheses

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

Which quotation is formatted correctly?

• "What was wrong with these people" (2)?
• "What was wrong with these people?" (2).
• "What was wrong with these people?" (2)
• "What was wrong with these people" (2).

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.6.6

What is textual evidence?

• Your claim.

• Proof from the text to support your answer.

• What the author thinks about a topic.

• An explanation in your own words about your claim.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A

What is textual evidence?

• something you can point to in the text

• a quote that supports your thoughts, claims, or opinions.

• using your book plus your brain to make an educated guess

• your favorite quote from the text

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A