Quotation Marks

Week 3 Wiki:  Instructions  Describe quotation marks how used, why, and when used in APA format.

Quotation marks are used in many different ways. Sometimes it is used to take an excerpt out of a speech to place it in a piece of writing. It can also designate the dialogue coming from the mouth of a character in a horror-thriller fiction novel. With quotation marks you can also shorten a passage just to get the meat and potatoes of what was said. Typically someone will do this when the quote is pretty long but you only need a portion of it because it helps drive your point home. When the quote is extremely long, 40 words or more, you will finish your line.

hit enter, "begin your quotes for what ever you want to copy verbatim... imagine there are 22 other words here..."

hit enter again and continue to help the reader understand why you either selected that passage or finish connecting the dots of the story. So yes, quotation marks are here to stay. In the words of my favorite child hood wrestler, " Can I get a hell yeah?" Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Edited by: Christopher Wilson