Question 16
Use quotation marks to set off the exact words of someone else in all but which of the following options?
Up to three lines of poetry
A brief phrase
Short quoted passages of less than four lines
Long quotations of more than four lines
Question 17
In a direct quotation, use ________ to separate the spoken words from the rest of the sentence.
a capital letter
an exclamation point
a question mark
a comma
In a direct quotation,use a comma to separate the spoken words from the rest of the sentence.
11 years later, I still have no idea what this is.
To answer Question 16, we need to determine which option does not require the use of quotation marks to set off someone else's exact words. The correct answer is "Long quotations of more than four lines." When including a long quotation of more than four lines, it is customary to use block quote formatting instead of quotation marks.
To answer Question 17, we need to identify the punctuation mark used to separate the spoken words from the rest of the sentence in a direct quotation. The correct answer is "a comma." When writing a direct quotation, the spoken words are typically separated from the rest of the sentence by a comma.
The best site on the use of quotation marks:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/Grammar/marks/quotation.htm