Citing Textual Evidence (GSA8)

Which punctuation mark should usually be used to separate a quotation from the rest of the sentence?

• ! (exclamation point)

• , (comma)

• nothing

• : (colon)

Which sentence with quoted text is punctuated CORRECTLY?

• Felix and Tony decide to talk about the fight, even though they "sensed a wall rising between them."

• "Felix and Tony decide to talk about the fight, even though they," sensed a wall rising between them.

• Felix and Tony decide to talk about the fight, even though they, "sensed a wall rising between them."

• Felix and Tony decide to talk about the fight, even though they: sensed a wall rising between them.

Which of these sentences with quoted text is punctuated CORRECTLY?

• The boys agree to meet like, "two heavy strangers," who both want to win.

• The boys agree to meet like "two heavy strangers," who both want to win.

• The boys agree to meet like two heavy strangers," who both want to win.

• The boys agree to meet like: "two heavy strangers" who both want to win.

When quoting evidence directly from the text, the quoted text should go...

• at the beginning of the sentence

• in the middle of the sentence

• at the end of the sentence

• any of these would work!

Which is the correct citation format?

• [text evidence] --source of info--

• "text evidence"(source).

• (text evidence) "source"!

• <<Text evidence>>(source).

Which direct quote is correct?

We went down the stairs in silence, no sounds but the shards of glass crunching beneath our feet and the impatient honks of horns coming from the traffic-packed street below the expressway.

~ From The Schwa was Here by Neal Shusterman, page 189.

• "We went down the stairs in silence. Shusterman 189"

• "We went down the stairs in silence." (Shusterman 189)

• We went down the stairs in silence (Shusterman)

Which direct quote is correct?

Actually, she was kind of pretty. Not perfect, of course, but then I wasn't one to judge. There was something strange about her eyes.

~ From The Schwa was Here by Neal Shusterman, page 83.

• There was something strange about her eyes. 83

• "There was something strange about her eyes." (Shusterman 83)

• She was blind (Shusterman 83)

Which shows correct quotation formatting?

• She was a small skinny old hag with a moustache on her upper lip and a mouth as sour as a green gooseberry. DAHL

• 'She was a small skinny old hag with a moustache on her upper lip and a mouth as sour as a green gooseberry.' (Dahl)

• "She was a small skinny old hag with a moustache on her upper lip and a mouth as sour as a green gooseberry." (Dahl)

• "She was a small skinny old hag with a moustache on her upper lip and a mouth as sour as a green gooseberry. Dahl"

What do you put in the parenthesis after a quote?

• the author's name

• the title of the book

• the date you found the quote

Why do you put quotation marks around textual evidence?

• to show that it is someone else's writing

• to make it look fancy

• to show that someone is speaking