Dr. Swor
A Pocket Style Manual 3RD Edition QUIZ
Section 29: Integrating Non-Fiction Sources, Quiz: Pages 112 – 118
Section 30: Integrating Literary Quotations, Quiz: Pages 118 – 122
DIRECTIONS: Write “true” or “false” on your own paper.
1. _____Use the literary present in signal phrases to introduce quoted material.
2. _____Sometimes, when you have good reason to emphasize that the author’s opinion or information about the
author’s life occurred in the past, it is O.K. to use past tense.
3. _____Dropped quotations are fine as long as the quotation is long and indented.
4. _____It is a good idea to vary signal phrases.
5. _____Although it is a good idea to limit quotations, a good reason for including a quotation is that the language
in the quote is especially vivid or expressive.
6. _____It is not always necessary to quote full sentences from a source.
7. _____When using ellipsis marks, type three periods with spaces in between.
8. _____Be sure to use ellipsis marks at the beginning and end of quoted material that you include in the middle
of your own sentence.
9. _____When you quote more than three typed lines of prose, set off the quotation by indenting it one inch or ten
spaces from the left margin. You should not single space, or enclose the indented material in quotation marks.
10. _____Summaries and paraphrases should also, generally speaking, be introduced with a signal phrase.
DIRECTIONS: Write the following sentences on your own paper, fill in blanks, choose the correct
word. When finished, underline your answers with a highlighter. Be sure answers can be read
through the highlighter.
11. When introducing quotations from a literary work, one must be sure not to confuse the work’s
__________________ with the narrator of the story, the speaker of the poem, or a character in a play.
12. If you are quoting the words of a character in a story or play, you should name the character who is speaking
and provide a c _ _ _ _ _ _ for the spoken words. ALWAYS ASSUME THAT YOUR READER HAS NOT READ
THE BOOK, PLAY, OR POEM.
13. To avoid tense shifts, and because literary works often use other tenses, it is conventional when writing about
literature to weave in quotations using the ___________________ tense.
14. If a prose quotation is __________ typed lines or fewer, you should run it into the text of the essay and put the
page number in parentheses after the quotation and before/after (circle one) the endmark.
15. If a prose quotation is three/four/five/six (circle one) typed lines or more, you should set if off from the text by
indenting one inch or ten/twelve/fourteen spaces (circle one) and put the page number in parentheses after the
quotation and before/after (circle one) the endmark.
16. If a poetry quotation is __________ typed lines or fewer, you should run it into the text of the essay and put the
page number in parentheses after the quotation and before/after (circle one) the endmark.
17. If a poetry quotation is three/four/five/six (circle one) typed lines or more, you should set if off from the text by
indenting one inch or ten/twelve/fourteen spaces (circle one) and put the page number in parentheses after the
quotation and before/after (circle one) the endmark.
18. A trick to avoid tense shifts, often used by those writing about literature, is to reduce the length of the quotation
so that (finish the sentence) ________________________________________________________________.
19. & 20. Skillfully integrate the following quote into the sentence below and include the parenthetical reference:
Ethan sprang up suddenly and said, “You can’t go, Matt! I won’t let you! Page 61
In despair that Mattie will have no place to go and will likely be unable to support herself, Ethan
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