Subskill # 9.5Capitalization/Quotations I

Read the following excerpt from Patricia Cornwell’s Unnatural Exposure (p. 237) and look at the numbered underlined parts. Choose the answer that has the correct capitalization and quotation.

“Now you’re sure you’re feeling okay?” said the nurse as she hovered near the door.

1) you’ve never told me your name, I said. sally.2) you’ve been very helpful and I certainly appreciate it. I know it’s no fun working on thanksgiving. This seemed to please her a great deal and gave her enough confidence to say, I haven’t wanted to poke my nose into anything, but I can’t help but hear what people are talking about. That island in Virginia where your case came from, all they do is crabbing there?

3) pretty much, I said. Blue crab.4)and soft-shell crab. Anybody bothering to worry about that? I knew what she was getting at and yes, I was worried. I had a personal reason to be worried about Wesley and me 5). They ship those things all over the country, right? she went on. I nodded. what if whatever that lady had is transmitted through water or food? Her eyes were bright behind her hood. 6) I didn’t see her body, but I heard. that’s really scary. I know, I said.7) I hope we can get an answer to that soon.by the way, lunch is turkey. Don’t expect much.

1.

  1. “You’ve never told me your name, I said. Sally.”
  2. “You’ve never told me your name, I said. “Sally.”
  3. “You’ve never told me your name,” I said. “Sally.”
  4. You’ve never told me your name, I said. “Sally.”

2.

  1. “You’ve been very helpful and I certainly appreciate it. I know it’s no fun working on Thanksgiving.” This seemed to please her a great deal and gave her enough confidence to say, “I haven’t wanted to poke my nose into anything, but I can’t help but hear what people are talking about. That island in Virginia where your case came from, all they do is crabbing there?”
  2. You’ve been very helpful and I certainly appreciate it. I know it’s no fun working on Thanksgiving. this seemed to please her a great deal and gave her enough confidence to say, I haven’t wanted to poke my nose into anything, but I can’t help but hear what people are talking about. That island in Virginia where your case came from, all they do is crabbing there?
  3. You’ve been very helpful and I certainly appreciate it. I know it’s no fun working on Thanksgiving. This seemed to please her a great deal and gave her enough confidence to say, “I haven’t wanted to poke my nose into anything, but I can’t help but hear what people are talking about. That island in Virginia where your case came from, all they do is crabbing there?”
  4. “You’ve been very helpful and I certainly appreciate it. I know it’s no fun working on Thanksgiving.” This seemed to please her a great deal and gave her enough confidence to say, I haven’t wanted to poke my nose into anything, but I can’t help but hear what people are talking about. That island in Virginia where your case came from, all they do is crabbing there?

3.

  1. “Pretty much,” I said. “Blue crab.”
  2. “Pretty much, I said. “Blue crab.”
  3. “Pretty much, I said. Blue crab.”
  4. Pretty much, I said. “Blue crab.”

4.

  1. And soft-shell crab. “Anybody bothering to worry about that?” I knew what she was getting at and yes, “I was worried.”
  2. And soft-shell crab. “Anybody bothering to worry about that?” I knew what she was getting at and yes, I was worried.
  3. And soft-shell crab.” “Anybody bothering to worry about that?” I knew what she was getting at and yes, I was worried.
  4. “And soft-shell crab.” “Anybody bothering to worry about that?” I knew what she was getting at and yes, I was worried.

5.

  1. “They ship those things all over the country, right? she went on. I nodded. “ “What if whatever that lady had is transmitted through water or food?”
  2. “They ship those things all over the country, right?” she went on. I nodded. “What if whatever that lady had is transmitted through water or food?”
  3. They ship those things all over the country, right?” she went on. I nodded. What if whatever that lady had is transmitted through water or food?
  4. They ship those things all over the country, right? she went on. I nodded. “What if whatever that lady had is transmitted through water or food?”

6.

  1. “I didn’t see her body, but I heard. That’s really scary. I know, I said.”
  2. “I didn’t see her body, but I heard. That’s really scary.” “I know, I said.”
  3. I didn’t see her body, but I heard. That’s really scary. “I know,” I said.
  4. “I didn’t see her body, but I heard. That’s really scary.” “I know,” I said.

7.

  1. “I hope we can get an answer to that soon.” By the way, lunch is turkey. Don’t expect much.
  2. “I hope we can get an answer to that soon. By the way, lunch is turkey. Don’t expect much.”
  3. I hope we can get an answer to that soon. by the way, lunch is turkey. don’t expect much.”
  4. “I hope we can get an answer to that soon.” “By the way, lunch is turkey. Don’t expect much.”

For the following sentences, choose the sentence that is written correctly.

8. She uses get out so often that I finally left

  1. She used the phrase “Get out” so often that I finally said OK.
  2. She used the phrase “get out” so often that I finally said OK.
  3. She used the phrase “get out” so often that I finally said, “OK.”

d. She used the phrase get out so often that I finally said OK.

9. Do you know Jane Smiths poem on turning 40 he asked the class

  1. “Do you know Jane Smith’s poem ‘On turning 40’?” he asked the class.
  2. “Do you know Jane Smith’s poem on turning 40” he asked the class?
  3. Do you know Jane Smith’s poem on turning 40, he asked the class?
  4. “Do you know Jane Smith’s poem on turning 40 he asked the class?”

10. Patty asked her husband what was wrong

  1. Patty asked her husband, “What was wrong?”
  2. Patty asked her husband what was wrong.
  3. Patty asked her husband, “What was wrong?”
  4. Patty asked her husband, “What was wrong.

11. She asked who said to be or not to be, that is the question

  1. She asked who said to be or not to be, that is the question?
  2. She asked, “Who said, ‘To be or not to be, that is the question’?”
  3. She asked, “Who said to be or not to be, that is the question.”
  4. She asked who said to be or not to be, that is the question.

12. Betty screamed ouch that hurts

  1. Betty screamed ouch that hurts!
  2. Betty screamed, “ouch that hurts.”
  3. Betty screamed, “Ouch! That hurts!”
  4. Betty screamed, Ouch that hurts!

13. I believe it was a far far better thing to have moved from New Jersey

  1. I believe it was a, “Far, far better thing to have moved from New Jersey.
  2. I believe it was a far far better thing to have moved from New Jersey!
  3. I believe it was a far far better thing to have moved from New Jersey.
  4. I believe it was a, “far, far better thing” to have moved from New Jersey.

14. Mother screamed don’t run the dog will bite you

  1. Mother screamed, “Don’t run! The dog will bite you!”
  2. Mother screamed, “Don’t run. The dog will bite you!”
  3. Mother screamed, “don’t run! The dog will bite you!”
  4. Mother screamed, don’t run The dog will bite you!

15. Because it is now 3:00 a.m. she said you really should go home

  1. “Because it is now 3:00 a.m., she said, you really should go home.”
  2. “Because it is now 3:00 a.m.,” she said, “You really should go home.”
  3. Because it is now 3:00 a.m. she said, “You really should go home.”
  4. “Because it is now 3:00 a.m.,” she said, “you really should go home.”

Answer Key

  1. C
  2. A
  3. A
  4. D
  5. B
  6. D
  7. D
  8. C
  9. A
  10. B
  11. B
  12. C
  13. D
  14. A
  15. D

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