Italics and Quotation Marks: FORMATIVE
Learning Target 1-4 2
DIRECTIONS:
Correctly insert italics(underlining) as necessary. Show needed quotation marks by writing the portion of the
sentence needing quotation marks on the line that follows.
EXAMPLE:
Horace Greeley founded the Tribune, a successful and influential New York newspaper; in it he published his
famous antislavery essay The Prayer of Twenty Millions.
Horace Greeley founded the Tribune, a successful and influential New York newspaper; in it he published his
famous antislavery essay The Prayer of Twenty Millions. ____ “The Prayer of Twenty Millions.”_______________
1.
Today, Mr. Reyes announced, we are going to talk about an early American genius, Benjamin
Franklin._______________________________________________________________________
2. Didn’t someone write a book about Franklin and a mouse? asked Veronica. I think it’s called
Ben and Me. ___________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
3. Yes, Veronica, Mr. Reyes answered. That biography was written from the point of view of
Amos, Franklin’s pet mouse. ______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
4. Wasn’t the author Robert Lawson? Asked Bonnie Lou.
______________________________________________________________________________
5. That’s correct! Exclaimed Mr. Reyes. Now, who can tell me some of Franklin’s achievements?
______________________________________________________________________________
6. He invented electricity, didn’t he? asked Kelley.
______________________________________________________________________________
7. Well, he didn’t exactly invent electricity, corrected mr. Reyes, but his experiment proved that
lightning is a form of electricity.
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RCSHS – ENG IIA - KMH
taken from Warriner’s English Composition and Grammar, Third Course,
Exercise Review C, pg. 652-653.
Italics and Quotation Marks: FORMATIVE
Learning Target 1-4 2
8. Didn’t he help draft some of our important historical documents? asked Veronica.
______________________________________________________________________________
9. Yes, said Mr. Reyes, and Franklin was also a printer, a publisher, an inventor, and a diplomat. For
your homework I want you to read from Franklin’s Autobiography. I’d also like a volunteer to
read from Poor Richard’s Almanack.________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
10. I read some of that book in the Girl Scouts, said Kelley. It includes sayings such as If you would
know the value of money, try to borrow some.
______________________________________________________________________________
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RCSHS – ENG IIA - KMH
taken from Warriner’s English Composition and Grammar, Third Course,
Exercise Review C, pg. 652-653.