Demonstrate the correct use of quotation marks in conversation, including their use with capitalization, end marks, and explanatory material. 0501.1.7

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1. Al Capone Does My Shirts - on page three of this PDF document you will find an exercise using this skill.
2. The Gallery Of "Misused Quotation Marks
3. Power Proofreading - Choose 5th grade then select Mindy's Minute Mysteries! or any one of the mixed practice exercises.
4. Quiz on Using Quotation Marks - from the Guide to Grammar and Writing, sponsored by the Capital Community College Foundation, Hartford, CT
5. Quotation Marks - lesson plan using comics in the newspaper
6. Quotation Marks - using quotation marks to indicate the exact words of your source [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
7. Quotation Marks - In the United States, periods and commas go inside quotation marks regardless of logic.
8. Quotation Marks and Colons - quiz
9. Quotation Marks - how to use quotation marks [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
10. Quotation Marks - Place commas and periods inside, not outside, quotation marks. Place all other punctuation outside quotation marks unless it was contained in the original source.
11. Quotation Marks Practice - select correct punctuation within a dialog.
12. Quotation Marks vs. Italics - handout for students [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
13. Single Quotation Marks - Use single quotation marks for a quotation or title using quotation marks inside another quotation or title which uses quotation marks.
14. Worksheet - fifteen sentences to edit [quotation marks] [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
15. Worksheet from Georgia Southern University - three passages to edit [quotation marks] [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]

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