JN 311 1nd Edition Lecture 4 Outline of Last Lecture I Chapter 7 More Leads Outline of Current Lecture II Chapter 2 Quotations Current Lecture Quotations Inform readers perception of the news Credibility Context Commentary Increase the flow of the content The 3 source guideline The challenge of gathering direct quotes Types of Quotations Direct Indirect Punctuation in Quotes Check out the stylebook punctuation guide See quotation marks periods commas question marks and ellipses Commas Periods always inside the quotation marks Quotes within quotes take a single quotation mark followed by a double quotation mark EX Beiber asked Why am I being arrested the police said Mechanics Avoid Shutter quotes Don t tack on long explanations for the quote If the quote isn t clear by itself paraphrase Attribution S V order for attribution Go he said Exception She goes first with a long title or description Go said Stephen Jenkins the lead singer for the band pavement These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Quoting multiple sources Each new speaker should be quoted in a separate paragraph Don t string together quotes from different people When you quote a new speaker immediately after the previous one introduce the new speaker in a new paragraph with a transition Partial Quotes Limit the use of partial quotes Do not use an ellipsis at the end of a quotation Don t use quotes around words for emphasis Unless someone said it don t put it in quotes Limit the use of ellipses Use the ellipsis when you are condensing whole quotes or long passages from which you delete several sentences Jn 311
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