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..." (ellipsis)


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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