Using Underlining
and
Quotation Marks
Underline anything that should be in italics.
Underline titles of l o n g
publications and written or musical works.
L o n g
books
works include the following:
periodicals
newspapers
long poems (book length)
movies
CDs
ballets
full-length plays
TV series
radio series
operas
symphonies
Examples:
Steinbeck’s novel The Pearl
the latest issue of Sports Illustrated
the play Othello
The Wall Street Journal (capitalize and
underline the word the
ONLY when is actually
part of the title )
Underline foreign words that are not generally
used in English.
What does amor vincit omnia mean?
(love conquers all things)
Underline letters, numbers, and words when
they are used to represent themselves.
Don’t forget to cross your t’s and
dot your i’s.
Underline titles of paintings and sculptures.
the Mona Lisa
Underline the names of airplanes, ships, trains,
and spacecraft.
the Challenger
the Orient Express
Now you practice:
practice 1: pg. 294
Extra practice: workbook pp. 295-296
Pg. 294
1. Robin Hood and His Mother on Their Way to Nottingham
Fair.
2. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ?
3. Animal Farm
and 1984
4. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
5. North American Review
6. The Stranger
7. Sixty Minutes
8. Lawrence of Arabia
The Third Man
9. Bolero
10. Julius Caesar
11. Ceremony
12. Laguna Woman: Poems
Storyteller
13. Almanac of the Dead
14. Correct
15. The Storyteller’s Voice
Use quotation marks for the “smaller parts” of a
long work.
chapters in a book
In your textbook Earth Science, read the chapter “Atoms to
Minerals” for homework.
Use quotation marks for the “smaller parts” of a
long work.
articles in a magazine
Did you read the article “The Art of Winning” in U.S. News and
World Report?
Use quotation marks for the “smaller parts” of a
long work.
short stories
I would like to read the story “The Lottery” in class today.
Use quotation marks for the “smaller parts” of a
long work.
one-act plays
Many critics believe that Tennessee Williams’ one act play
“Summer at the Lake” was an early snapshot of his famous
full-length play The Glass Menagerie.
Use quotation marks for the “smaller parts” of a
long work.
short poems
I read Tennyson’s poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade”
in the anthology Best Loved American Poems.
Use quotation marks for the “smaller parts” of a
long work.
songs
Does anybody have the sheet music to the song “America
the Beautiful”?
Use quotation marks for the “smaller parts” of a
long work.
episodes from a TV series
One of my favorite episodes of The Cosby Show is
“Vanessa’s Rich.”
Use quotation marks for the “smaller parts” of a
long work.
essays and compositions
Most students know that Edgar Allan Poe wrote poems and
short stories, but many do not realize that he also wrote a
famous essay entitled “The Philosophy of Composition.”
Now you practice:
handout: workbook pp. 300
Pg. 300
1. “Hooray for Hollywood”
2. “How I Spent My Summer Vacation”
3. “Ex-Basketball Player.”
4. “Cooking with Bananas” ?
5. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
6. “Koala Bears and Other Hazards,”
“Life Down Under.”
7. “Auld Lang Syne.”
8. “School in Space?”
9. “Home,” “Abroad,” and “Return.”
10. “Heart! We will forget him!”
11. “Edgar Allan Poe and Greenland High School.”
12. “The Pit and the Pendulum,”
13. “The Pencil and the Ticking Clock.”
14. “Gym,”
“The Masque of the Red Death.”
14. “The Lock on My Locker Is Broken”
“The Gold Bug.”
15. “The Fall of Greenland Greenhouse,”
“The Fall of the House of Usher.”
Mixed Practice:
1. This book of Aesop’s fables contains such
stories as “The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing” and
“The Crow and the Pitcher.”
2. The most interesting chapter was the one
entitled “Battles Fought in Foreign Lands.”
3. Auf Wiedersehen and arrivederci are foreign
phrases that mean “good- bye.”
4. Edgar Lee Masters became famous for his
book of poems called Spoon River Anthology.
5. The article entitled “Low Fares to Europe”
attracted my attention.
6. We had to read the novel Watership Down
for a book report last month.
7. I saw an article in Reader’s Digest entitled “I
Am Joe’s Foot.”
8. The choir will sing “We Are the World” for its
grand finale.
9. We will read the play Romeo and Juliet in
the spring.
10. Whitney Houston remade Dolly Parton’s hit
song “I Will Always Love
You.”
11. Tomorrow’s history assignment is reading
Chapter 9, “The Middle Ages in England.”
12.Two of her favorite old-time movies are
Foreign Correspondent and The Maltese
Falcon.
13. In “Silent Snow, Secret Snow,” a short story
by Conrad Aiken, a boy thinks he hears snow
falling, but there is none.
14. According to my friend Arthur, Joseph and
His Brothers, a novel by Thomas Mann, is
based on Biblical legend.
15. My favorite aunt subscribes to The Wall
Street Journal, a newspaper devoted to
business and financial news.
Quotation Marks for Direct
Quotes
Use quotation marks to enclose (surround) a direct quotation.
Note 1:
Use a comma to set off the introductory remarks or speaker
tag.
The comma and period always goes in front of the quotation
marks.
(But semicolons and colons go after
the quotation marks.)
Quotation marks always come in pairs.
The Mexican American poet Marina de
Bellagente wrote, “You cannot put a fence
around the planet earth.”
“I celebrate myself, and sing myself,” wrote Walt
Whitman.
“I never think of the future,” wrote Albert
Einstein, “since it comes soon enough.”
Tom quoted a Cameroonian proverb, “By trying
often, the monkey learns to jump from the
tree”; it reminded me of another saying
about trying over and over until you succeed.
NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE (for question marks
and exclamation marks):
“What time is the game tomorrow?” Maria
asked.
Why did you shout, “It doesn’t matter”?
Practice: workbook pg. 297—298
1. “I am the king of the world !”
shouted the child.
2. “Let’s visit the children’s museum,” suggested
Marcela, “and we’ll be able to see the new
robots they’ve added .”
3. Jerome said , “I think I may have solved the
mystery” ; we waited for him to continue .
4. Don’t most children know the song that
begins , “Mary had a little lamb” ?
5. “Is anyone in here ?” asked the
visitor . “Would someone please
answer ?”
6. “If you could buy a mountain ,”
asked Andre , “ which mountain
would you buy ?”
Note 2:
When a person’s exact words are used, even
when it isn’t a complete sentence, the words
are put in quotation marks.
In other words, use quotation marks to enclose
slang words, technical terms, and unusual uses of
words.
:
Tom thinks the movie is “for the birds.”
Examples
Allen Ginsberg was a prominent poet of the
“beat” generation.
A “Lefty” is simply a left-handed person.
Do not use quotation marks in an indirect
quotation.
Direct: The teacher said, “You need to
study for your test.”
Indirect: The teacher said that we need to study for
our test.
Practice with direct and indirect quotes (SATP workbook, pg. 363) :
1. Lillian asked, “Did Wes really paint the
lines?”
2. Chey said that he would fly the airplane.
3. She replied, “I’m not ready yet. ”
4. He asked if he could borrow a hammer.
5. “I’m stuffing the pillow now,” I said.
6. “Were you,” Dad asked, “going to
the dance?”
7. “It’s burning!” exclaimed Sue.
8. “Go into the garage,” Father
answered.
9. Who said, “This is my favorite flower”?
10. “The play is about to begin,” the
usher said. “Please take your
seat.”
Use single quotation marks around a quotation
within a quotation.
My instructor smiled and replied, “It was Caesar
who said, ‘Cowards die many times before
their deaths.’ ”
Tip: Think of this as a quote inside a box.
“The Monkey’s Paw”
Tom said,
“I enjoyed reading ‘The Monkey’s Paw.
’”
Now you practice :
workbook pg. 301
(sentences on next slide)
More practice:
handout section
(slide sentences after
pg. 301)
Pg. 301—practice here
1. I’m not sure she said who first said Remember the Alamo!
2. Marion said Then he said Stay away from that tree.
3. I read in the newspaper Todd said that many teens enjoy
mountain biking.
4. Wasn’t it Sandra she asked who said I’ll remember to pick
up the dessert.
5. Akela said My favorite poem to read aloud is The Hollow
Men.
Pg. 301
1. “I’m not sure,” she said, “who first said ‘Remember the Alamo!’ ”
2. Marion said, “Then he said, ‘Stay away from that tree. ’ ”
3. “I read in the newspaper,” Todd said, “that many teens enjoy
mountain biking.”
4. “Wasn’t it Sandra,” she asked, “ who said, ‘I’ll remember to pick up
the dessert’?”
5. Akela said, “My favorite poem to read aloud is ‘The Hollow Men.’ ”
6. I heard Martha say that she wanted to go
home before the game was over.
7. “Everything had its wonders , even darkness
and silence,” wrote Helen Keller , who was
blind and deaf from a young age .
8. Sam said, “I want to go see the movie
Twilight tomorrow night.”
9. “My favorite movie is Steel Magnolias, ”
said Sue.
10. Tom said, “I wrote my essay about the
symbolism in Poe’s story ‘The Masque of
the Red Death. ’ ”
11. “This test,” Tom said, “ is not
very easy. ”
12. I wondered where you put your book.
correct
13. “I will sing ‘Tomorrow’ for my talent in
the pageant, ” said Maria.
Practice 2 (from SATP pg. 364)
From the handout--
1. My friend asked, “How did you persuade
your mother to let you go to the
game ?”
2. Gwendolyn Brooks has said, “Poetry is life
distilled.”
3. Hari said that life of a teenager can be
incredibly hard.
4. Ann wondered if she would be elected
class president.
5. “I never read ‘The Raven,’ ” he said.
6. Reggie asked, “Did you read the article
‘Saving Our Planet’ ?”
7. Cora said, “ ‘The Gold Bug’ is my favorite
Poe story .”
8. “His exact words were ‘not in this
lifetime, ’ ” I answered .
9. “Do you know how to play ‘Moon
River’ ?” she asked .
10.
“ ‘Silence’ by Edgar Lee Masters is my
favorite poem ,” answered Naomi .
11. She said,“I heard only ‘Call me tomorrow.’
”
12. I read them the story named “Charles .”
13. Emmett replied, “ I can’t sing
‘Silent Night .’ ”
14. Dolores told me that she wrote
Tears” in thirty minutes .
“Silver
15. “The words repeated so many times in
the speech were ‘never again, ’ ” he said .
Mixed practice:
SATP, pg. 364
9. “No one knows who first used the expression
‘G.I Joe,’ ” Dr. Shaw said.
10. “According to Mrs. Simmons,” Jim
mentioned, “ ‘Everything comes to an end
eventually.’ ”
6. The coach yelled, “Who said ‘Time out’?”
7. “Irving Berlin wrote the song ‘God Bless
America,’ ” Suki informed the class.
8. “It was Timothy,” Dan explained, “who came
up with our team’s slogan ‘We shall meet our
obstacles with confidence.’ ”