Quoting and citing text

Which of these quotes and cites the highlighted text correctly?

• "'Watch for splinters, son,' his mother warned . . ." (22).

• ""Watch for splinters, son," his mother warned . . ." (22).

• "'Watch for splinters, son,' his mother warned..." (22)

• "'Watch for splinters, son,' his mother warned" (22).

Which of these quotes and cites the highlighted text correctly?

• 'He pulled out that little carved black bird and held it out to them . . .' (page 75).

• 'He pulled out that little carved black bird and held it out to them . . .' (75)

• "He pulled out that little carved black bird and held it out to them . . ." (75).

• He pulled out that little carved black bird and held it out to them . . . ( 75).

Which of these quotes and cites the highlighted text correctly?

• "The hours of sitting there watching him die . . .' (PAGE 14).

• "The hours of sitting there watching him die" (14).

• "the hours of sitting there watching him die" (14).

• "The hours of sitting there watching him die . . ." (14).

Which of these quotes and cites the underlined text correctly?

• "'Don't be rude,' Trista said, calm. Bit quieted down." (29).

• "'Don't be rude,' Trista said, calm... Bit quieted down" (29).

• "'Don't be rude,' Trista said, calm. . . . Bit quieted down" (29).

• ""Don't be rude," Trista said, calm. . . . Bit quieted down" (29).

Answer explanation

Did you add an ellipsis to show that some text was omitted?

Did you make sure to include the period at the end of the first sentence?

Did you add a space between the period and the ellipsis?

Did you type in the ellipsis correctly (with a space between each dot)?

Which of these quotes and cites the underlined text correctly?

• "They leaned over the table . . . Finally Francy spoke up" (31).

• 'They leaned over the table . . . Finally Francy spoke up' (31).

• "They leaned over the table...Finally Francy spoke up" (31).

• "They leaned over the table . . . Finally Francy spoke up." (31)

Answer explanation

Did you add an ellipsis to show the omitted text?

Did you type the ellipsis in correctly? There should be a space before and after each dot in this example!

Which of these quotes and cites the highlighted text correctly?

• "His father was coming. His father. . . . His father, who Conor had grown used to not having around . . ." (75).

• "His father was coming. His father...His father, who Conor had grown used to not having around..." (75).

• His father was coming. His father. . . . His father, who Conor had grown used to not having around . . . (75).

• "His father was coming. His father. His father, who Connor had grown used to not having around . . ." (75).

Quote and cite the underlined text correctly.

Which of these quotes and cites the underlined text correctly?

• "'If you ain't no booger, but you had to be something else, what would you be'" (10).

• "'If you ain't no booger, but you had to be something else, what would you be?'" (10).

• "If you ain't no booger, but you had to be something else, what would you be?" (10).

• "'If you ain't no booger, but you had to be something else, what would you be?'" (10)

Quote and cite the text in the red box correctly.

Which of these quotes and cites the highlighted text correctly?

• "Conor crossed his arms. "I said, come and get me."" (9).

• "Conor crossed his arms. "I said, come and get me."" (9)

• "Conor crossed his arms. 'I said, come and get me.'" (9)

• "Conor crossed his arms. 'I said, come and get me'" (9).