Pages 600-601 in Pathways, Exercise 12

Add the proper punctuation to the sentences.

• We are working with dashes, apostrophes, parentheses, hyphens, and quotation marks.

Hyphen

• 1. Whenever my friend has a personal problem, he just buys another self help book.

• Hint: all phrases that start with self need a hyphen.

• Self-reliant, self-sufficient, self-denial

Answer

• Whenever my friend has a personal problem, he just buys another self-help book.

Quotation Marks

• Quotation marks are used around words that are directly quoted, either by someone who has spoken them or if they are quoted from a source.

• 2. What famous play includes the line, I have always relied on the kindness of strangers ?

Answer

• What famous play includes the line, “I have always relied on the kindness of strangers”?

• The directly quoted words need to have quotation marks around them.

• The question mark is after the closing quotation mark because the question mark isn’t part of the original quotation.

• (The famous play is A Streetcar Named Desire.)

Dashes and hyphens

• A hyphen is just one -.• A dash is two --. • Where do we need dashes and hyphens in this

sentence?3. If a move is rated PG parental guidance

suggested , I preview it myself to make sure that it is appropriate for my eight year old son.

• If a move is rated PG--parental guidance suggested--, I preview it myself to make sure that it is appropriate for my eight-year-old son.

Quotation Marks and Dashes

• 4. When asked to identify the greatest rock song of all time, the music critic replied, That’s easy the song Stairway to Heaven by the band Led Zeppelin.

• When asked to identify the greatest rock song of all time, the music critic replied, “That’s easy--the song ‘Stairway to Heaven’ by the band Led Zeppelin.

Apostrophes to show possession

• 5. Answering customers questions about computer products is Aaron’s responsibility.

• Answering customers’ questions about computer products is Aaron’s responsibility.

• The apostrophe is after the s in customers because Aaron deals with more than one customer.

• Why doesn’t products need an apostrophe?

• Products is just plural in this sentence, meaning more than one product.

Apostrophes and Quotation Marks

• 6. One of Maya Angelous most beloved poems is I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; equally impressive is her poem I Rise.

• One of Maya Angelou’s most beloved poems is “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”; equally impressive is her poem “I Rise.”

• 7. Be careful if you see the horse’s ears flattened against its head, as this may mean that the horse is about to kick.

Quotation Marks and Apostrophes for Contractions

• 8. If you can wait a minute, said Serena, I d be happy to check that price for you.

• “If you can wait a minute,” said Serena, “I’d be happy to check that price for you.”

Dashes

• 9. Alfred Hitchcock’s film Psycho possibly the greatest horror film of all time has terrified generations of viewers since its release in 1960.

• Alfred Hitchcock’s film Psycho--possibly the greatest horror film of all time--has terrified generations of viewers since its release in 1960.

Quotation Marks

• 10. The professor assigned two more Hemingway stories, in addition to My Old Man : Hills Like White Elephants and A Clean Well-Lighted Place.

• The professor assigned two more Hemingway stories, in addition to “My Old Man”: “Hills Like White Elephants” and “A Clean Well-Lighted Place.”