PUNCTUATION/MECHANICS: Quotation Marks in Direct Quotes

The following sentence may be missing quotation marks that are necessary or include ones that are unnecessary or incorrectly positioned in relation to other punctuation. Select the answer option that has no quotation mark errors; or, if the original sentence is correct, select No change. "If you bring up your grades next quarter, Sonja", her father said, "I will happily approve the cheerleading training camp".

"If you bring up your grades next quarter, Sonja," her father said, "I will happily approve the cheerleading training camp."

Select the answer option that uses quotation marks appropriately for the title of a short work. Question options: A) "Our Bodies, Our Lives," an article in a newsletter B) the new paperback edition of the book "Our Bodies, Ourselves" C) the CD collection "Radio's Greatest Sitcoms"

A) "Our Bodies, Our Lives," an article in a newsletter

Select the answer option that uses quotation marks appropriately for the title of a short work. Question options: A) David Brooks's column "The Triumph of Hope over Self-Interest" B) an episode of the TV series "Modern Family" C) the film "Twelve Years a Slave"

A) David Brooks's column "The Triumph of Hope over Self-Interest"

The following is a direct quotation from the writings of Benjamin Franklin. Select the sentence that uses quotation marks and commas correctly in quoting these words; or, if neither sentence is correct, select Neither is correct. "After crosses and losses, men grow humbler and wiser."

According to Franklin, people benefit from "crosses and losses."

Select the answer option that uses quotation marks appropriately for the title of a short work. Question options: A) the "Los Angeles Times," a newspaper B) Amy Tan's essay "Mother Tongue" C) the novel "Look Homeward, Angel"

B) Amy Tan's essay "Mother Tongue"

Select the sentence that uses commas correctly. If neither sentence is correct, select Neither is correct. Question options: A) "Every hero becomes a bore at last" said Ralph Waldo Emerson. B) Ralph Waldo Emerson said that a hero eventually turns into a boring person, didn't he? C) Neither is correct.

B) Ralph Waldo Emerson said that a hero eventually turns into a boring person, didn't he?

Select the sentence that uses commas correctly. If neither sentence is correct, select Neither is correct. Question options: A) The American playwright Tony Kushner has said, that a father continues his own life through that of his son. B) The American playwright Tony Kushner has said, "The son offers the father his life as a vessel for carrying forth his father's dream." C) Neither is correct.

B) The American playwright Tony Kushner has said, "The son offers the father his life as a vessel for carrying forth his father's dream."

The following is a direct quotation from the writings of Benjamin Franklin. Select the sentence that uses quotation marks and commas correctly in quoting these words; or, if neither sentence is correct, select Neither is correct. "One good husband is worth two good wives; for the scarcer things are, the more they're valued."

Ben Franklin claims, "the scarcer things are, the more they're valued," which is why he holds that "one good husband is worth two good wives."

The following is a direct quotation from the writings of Benjamin Franklin. Select the sentence that uses quotation marks and commas correctly in quoting these words; or, if neither sentence is correct, select Neither is correct. "When the well's dry, we know the worth of water."

Ben Franklin said that we appreciate the importance of water "when the well's dry."

Select the answer option that uses quotation marks appropriately for the title of a short work. Question options: A) the book-length poem "Paradise Lost" by John Milton B) the opera "Porgy and Bess" C) Rita Dove's poem "American Smooth"

C) Rita Dove's poem "American Smooth"

The following is a direct quotation from the writings of Benjamin Franklin. Select the sentence that uses quotation marks and commas correctly in quoting these words; or, if neither sentence is correct, select Neither is correct. "There are three faithful friends—an old wife, an old dog, and ready money."

Neither is correct.

The following sentence may be missing quotation marks that are necessary or include ones that are unnecessary or incorrectly positioned in relation to other punctuation. Select the answer option that has no quotation mark errors; or, if the original sentence is correct, select No change. "Do you think I should focus on Frost's personal life," Sonja asked Carlos, "or concentrate solely on his poetry?"

No change

The following is a direct quotation from the writings of Benjamin Franklin. Select the sentence that uses quotation marks and commas correctly in quoting these words; or, if neither sentence is correct, select Neither is correct. "Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards."

Quoting Ben Franklin, the counselor advised the couple to "keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards."

The following sentence may be missing quotation marks that are necessary or include ones that are unnecessary or incorrectly positioned in relation to other punctuation. Select the answer option that has no quotation mark errors; or, if the original sentence is correct, select No change. Sonja's instructor noted that "the poem 'Thanatopsis' brought immediate attention to William Cullen Bryant".

Sonja's instructor noted that "the poem 'Thanatopsis' brought immediate attention to William Cullen Bryant."

The following is a direct quotation from the writings of Benjamin Franklin. Select the sentence that uses quotation marks and commas correctly in quoting these words; or, if neither sentence is correct, select Neither is correct. "To err is human, to repent divine, to persist devilish."

Why would Franklin say that it is "devilish" to persevere?