Friday, October 9, 2009

Using quotes

-With a complete idea (:)
Ex : Hemingway uses action to emphasize a character trait : " The girl looked at the bead curtain..."

-With an incomplete idea (,)
Ex : In hemingway's story, the girl said, "They look like white elephants."

-With an incomplete quotation within a sentence
Ex : Hemingway's story takes place at a railway station " between two lines of rails in the sun ."

-Within a quote
Ex : Hemingway wrote, " 'They're lovely hills,' she said.'They don't really look like white elephants.'"

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