A mini PDF lesson on quotation marks. It explains how to use quotation marks with periods, question marks, commas and exclamation marks.

1. MINI-LESSON ON:
QUOTATION PUNCTUATION
ROBERT TARCEA

2. QUOTATION MARKS
▸ Marks used to indicate the
beginning and end of a
quotation
▸ Example:
‘’Today is a sunny day.’’
▸ We use quotation marks
when: we write titles, to
show somebody’s exact
words, when we quote
somebody, etc….

3. QUOTATION MARKS MINI LESSON
COMMAS AND QUOTATION MARKS
▸ 1. If the quote comes before the person who spoke and
tells something, place a comma after the quote, before the
closing quotation mark. Example: "The world is a very big
place with seven continents and four oceans," the teacher
told the class.
▸ 2. If the quote comes after the person who spoke and tells
something, place the comma after the person who spoke,
before the opening quotation mark Example: Chad
explained, "We live on the continent of North America."

4. QUOTATION MARKS MINI LESSON
COMMAS AND QUOTATION MARKS
▸ 3. A quote separated by the person who spoke is called a
split quotation. Begin the first part of a split quotation with
a capital letter, and end with a comma. Begin the second
part of a split quotation with a lower case letter. Enclose
both parts of the split quotation with quotation marks.
Example:
▸ "OK class," said the teacher, "tomorrow we will use the
computer and learn more about continents."

5. QUOTATION MARKS MINI LESSON
PERIODS AND QUOTATION MARKS
▸ Periods, like commas, always go inside the quotation
marks. Example:
▸ I can never remember how to spell “bureaucracy.”
▸ Squiggly said, “I hate packing for a vacation.”

6. QUOTATION MARKS MINI LESSON
QUESTION MARKS, EXCLAMATION POINTS AND QUOTATION MARKS
▸ If the question mark or exclamation point is part of your
quotation, it stays inside; but if the question mark or
exclamation point are not part of the quotation, they go
outside the closing quotation mark.
▸ Example: Reynold asked, “Can we have ice cream for
dinner?” Mom snapped and shouted, “No, we cannot have
ice cream for dinner!”

7. QUOTATION MARKS MINI LESSON
QUESTION MARKS, EXCLAMATION POINTS AND QUOTATION MARKS
▸ In these examples, the terminal punctuation is not part of
the quotation―it applies to the whole sentence―so it
goes outside the final quotation mark:
▸ Do you actually like “The Giver”?
▸ I can’t believe you lied to me about the ending of “The
Sixth Sense”!

8. CREDITS
▸ http://www.eslprintables.com/grammar_worksheets/punctuation/
speech_marks/When_to_use_speech_marks_Ful_350940/
▸ https://webapps.towson.edu/ows/punct2.htm
▸ http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/j/quotationmarksl.cfm
▸ http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/how-to-use-
quotation-marks
▸ http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/quotation-marks-
with-periods-and-commas
▸ http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp
▸ http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/quotation.htm
▸ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/quotation-mark