Quoting Accurately

When quoting from a text, should it be word for word as it is seen in the book?

• Yes

• No

Which of the following options are NOT the correct way to quote the text?

• The author said,"She would love the reading class."
• " The place was fun."
• In paragraph two it states, "Pumpkins are really flowers first."
• In the book it states,"Mr. Kim was a bad teacher."

Where should the comma go in this quote?

• "No way," she said.

• "No way", she said.

Which of the following options are quoted correctly?

• The author said, "He was the best runner ever"

• The author said he was the best runner ever/

• " He was the best runner ever"

• The author said," He was the best runner ever."

Which sentence uses the rules for quotations correctly?

• "We will check our morning work first" said Mrs. Stock.

• "We will check our morning work first," said Mrs. Stock.

• "We will check our morning work first." said Mrs. Stock.

• "We will check our morning work first, said Mrs. Stock.

You need to use ___________ when using someone's exact words in your essay.

• Your own thoughts

• Another piece of paper

• A friend's words

• Quotation marks

Repeating or writing out exactly what a source says, word for word.

• setting

• structure

• quote

• summarize

to write the exact words of someone else

• provoke

• quote

• narrator

• plot

When you write a quote, you copy the words exactly.

• correct

• incorrect

What are cavefish?