Inserting Quotations & Citations

These can be used to introduce a quotation after an introductory sentence or phrase. 

• semi-colons
• colons
• commas
• brackets

Use these when quoting poetry to indicate line breaks. 

• Periods
• Brackets
• Commas
• Slashes

Use these when you want to leave out any words in a quotation. 

• Quotation marks 
• Ellipses
• Brackets
• Parentheses

He describes the bird as "cheerily chirping in the early day" (Owen 6).

• The period should go inside the quotation mark. 
• The "C" in "cheerily" should be capitalized.
• There should be a comma between Owen and "6" in the parentheses. 
• No change the sentence is correct.

We can see evidence of bias when he calls the government "misguided and completely irresponsible." (Daniels 23) 

• The period should be after the last parentheses. 
• The "M" in misguided should be capitalized. 
• There should be a comma between Daniels and "23" in parentheses. 
• There is no change the sentence is correct.

Nick realises that he was "alone again in the unquiet darkness" (Fitzgerald, 25). 

• The period should be inside the quotation marks. 
• There should not be a comma in parentheses. 
• There should be a comma after darkness. 
• There should not be a page number.

It is difficult to agree that "the whole affair was preposterous" (Stephens 84), when one has no first-hand knowledge of the event. 

• The citation should be at the end of the sentence. 
• The comma should be inside the quotation marks after preposterous. 
• The comma should be a period, and they should start a new sentence at "when". 
• The sentence is correct no change.

"Warbling water," (Owen 18) is an example of alliteration. 

• The citation belongs at the end of the sentence. 
• The comma should be after the parentheses. 
• The comma is not necessary. 
• No change the sentence is correct. 

Macbeth does not have time to mourn his wife's death and wishes "she should have died hereafter" (Act 5, Scene 5, Line 17). 

• The act, scene, and line should only be listed as numbers. 
• The period belongs inside the quotation marks. 
• There should be a comma after wishes.
• There should be a colon after wishes.

There should be commas in citations. 

• True
• False