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
C
Nope.
Up to three lines of poetry
To determine which option does not require the use of quotation marks to set off the exact words of someone else, we can analyze each option individually.
1. Up to three lines of poetry: For quoting poetry, it is common to use quotation marks to set off the lines. Therefore, quotation marks are required in this case.
2. A brief phrase: Whenever you are directly quoting someone, even if it's just a brief phrase, quotation marks should be used to indicate that those words are not your own. Therefore, quotation marks are required in this case as well.
3. Short quoted passages of less than four lines: Since this option specifies that the quoted passages are short and less than four lines, quotation marks are necessary to set off those lines as a direct quotation. Therefore, quotation marks are required in this case too.
4. Long quotations of more than four lines: This option specifies that the quotations are long and more than four lines. In such cases, instead of using quotation marks, the format changes, and the long quotation is usually indented and single-spaced. Therefore, quotation marks are not required in this case.
Based on the analysis above, the option that does not require the use of quotation marks to set off the exact words of someone else is "Long quotations of more than four lines."