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<\/p>\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”]<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.1″][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.1″ type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.1″ hover_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Welcome to another Punctuation Puzzle!<\/strong> Yep\u2026 a puzzle that you solve by putting in the correct punctuation and words\/usage fixes\u2014along with explanations and answers about each error!<\/p>\n Perfect for students and teachers alike!<\/p>\n Today\u2019s Puzzle is about Split Quotations \u2026 and it uses an interesting sentence from one of our Write-for-a-Month\/Write On books<\/strong><\/a> about Snow White.<\/p>\n Read More\u2026.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Zac Kieser and Donna Reish Welcome to another Punctuation Puzzle! Yep\u2026 a puzzle that you solve by putting in the correct punctuation and words\/usage fixes\u2014along with explanations and answers about each error! Perfect for students and teachers alike! Today\u2019s Puzzle is about Split Quotations \u2026 and it uses an interesting sentence from one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" By Zac Kieser and Donna Reish<\/p>\r\nIf you want to show off in your writing, use a quotation properly. If you want to REALLY show off in your writing, use a split quote properly. Okay, maybe only one to three percent of the people reading your writing will know that your split quote has been written correctly, but YOU will know (and I will know if I see it!), so that counts for something, right? In my books, I teach quotes in an incremental fashion. (This is super important. I just saw a copy work assignment for third graders that contained a split quote {done incorrectly, but still}! Copy work for a third grader should contain very few quotes\u2014and preferably only simple quotes with beginning speech tags at first!)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSo what does incremental quotation teaching look like? Here are some suggestions (though don\u2019t let these ideas keep you from working through this week\u2019s puzzle! ? ):\r\n 2. Simple sentence quotation with ENDING speech tag: \u201cLet me take a bite of the apple,\u201d she said.<\/strong>\r\n i. This gets way more complicated! You have to deal with the comma inside the closing quotation mark AND the lower case letter for the ending speech tag.\r\n ii. Be sure to keep all sentences as SIMPLE sentences (subject-verb-object---avoid sentence openers AND compounds in beginning quotation teaching).<\/p>\r\n \r\n 3. Advanced sentence quotation with either beginning speech tag or ending speech tag: She said, \u201cLet me take a bite of the apple, for I know I will like it.\u201d<\/strong>\r\n i. Do this only after the ones above are mastered.\r\n ii. Don\u2019t expect students to punctuate quotations with advanced sentence structures correctly if they are unable to punctuate the advanced sentence structures correctly when not in a quote.<\/p>\r\n \r\n 4. Single quotes within double quotes\r\n i. Teach this important rule from elementary on: Single quotes are ONLY used within quotes\u2014never by themselves. (People often think single quotes are for \u201cshorter\u201d info\u2014no true! They are only for use inside double quotes.)\r\n ii. This level of quote writing takes a LONG time to teach with lots of practice.<\/p>\r\n \r\n 5. Split quotes\r\n i. Very hard (see below!). Should be used only when the other skills are cemented.\r\n ii. Start with this mantra: A quote only qualifies to be used as a split quote if you can cover the speech tag\u2014and the remaining words are one sentence only. (This assumes a thorough understanding of what a real, complete sentence contains.)<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\nFor more quotation teaching help (besides Zac\u2019s amazing puzzle below!), check out a recent blog post and video here<\/a> )\r\n\r\n(And check out the Tricky Trick sheet that goes with quotation teaching here<\/a>)\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n a. First<\/strong>, we have to use two commas.<\/p>\r\n b. The first<\/strong> comma comes after the first<\/strong> part of the quote, but inside<\/strong> the quotation marks.<\/p>\r\n\u201cAllow me,\u201d<\/strong> <\/span>the friendly lady pleaded, \u201cto give you this apple.\u201d\r\n c. The second<\/strong> comma comes after<\/strong> the speech tag, but before<\/strong> the rest of the quotation.<\/p>\r\n\u201cAllow me,\u201d the friendly lady pleaded,<\/strong><\/span> \u201cto give you this apple.\u201d\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n3. The second<\/strong> rule you we have to follow is not capitalizing the first letter of the second half of the quotation.<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\u201cAllow me,\u201d the friendly lady pleaded, \u201ct<\/strong><\/span>o give you this apple.\u201d\r\n\r\nWe have to do this in order to show that the second part of the quotation is still a part of the previous sentence, not a new, complete sentence by itself.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n4. This leads us to an important item: not everything that looks like a split quotation is a split quotation.<\/strong> We have to be careful to not apply the split quotation rules until we know we have a split quotation.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n5. The key to identifying a split quotation is identifying whether the<\/em> quotation is two separate<\/strong> sentences<\/strong> or one complete sentence<\/strong>.<\/em> If the quotation is one complete sentence it is a split quotation. Let\u2019s look at some examples:\r\n i. \u201cDo not let anyone in,\u201d the dwarves warned. \u201cThe queen is devious.\u201d<\/p>\r\n ii. This quote contains two separate sentences<\/strong>; a.) Do not let anyone in<\/em>. and<\/strong> b.) the queen is devious.<\/em><\/p>\r\n iii. Therefore, it is not a split quote and should have a period, not a comma after the speech tag. It should also have<\/strong> a capital letter at the beginning of the second part of the quotation, since this section is a complete sentence.<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n6. Check out this second example:\r\n i. \u201cI promise not to let anyone in,\u201d Snow White answered, \u201ceven if they appear friendly.\u201d<\/p>\r\n ii. This quote contains one complete sentence<\/strong> along with a dependent clause. I promise not to let anyone in <\/em>is a complete sentence while even if they appear friendly<\/em> is a dependent clause, not<\/strong> a complete sentence.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n iii. Therefore, all the rules of split quotations do<\/strong> apply to this sentence.<\/p>\r\n \r\n i. \u201cIf you believe it is poisoned,\u201d the elderly lady replied. \u201cLet me take a bite to assure you it is not.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\n ii. Is this sentence a split quotation or not? (Is it two separate sentences or one complete sentence?)<\/p>\r\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Punctuation-Puzzle-Split-Quotations-725x1024.jpg\")
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PUNCTUATION PUZZLE:<\/h4>\r\n \r\n\r\n\u201cIf you believe it is poisoned,\u201d the elderly lady replied. \u201cLet me take a bite to assure you it is not.\u201d<\/strong><\/em>\r\n\r\n \r\n
The answer?<\/h4>\r\n\u201cIf you believe it is poisoned,\u201d the elderly lady replied, \u201clet me take a bite to assure you it is not.\u201d<\/strong><\/em>\r\n\r\n \r\n
Split Quotations<\/h3>\r\n \r\n\r\n1. The errors in this puzzle all have to do with a concept called split quotations<\/em>. A split quotation is a quotation that has a speech tag in the middle<\/em>. This contrasts with a speech tag at the beginning or end of a quotation. Check out the following examples:\r\n\r\nThe friendly lady pleaded, \u201cAllow me to give you this apple.\u201d (speech tag at the beginning)<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\u201cAllow me to give you this apple,\u201d the friendly lady pleaded. (speech tag at the end)<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\u201cAllow me,\u201d the friendly lady pleaded, \u201cto give you this apple.\u201d (speech tag in the middle)<\/strong>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n2. Split quotations can be tricky to punctuate. There are two<\/strong> rules we have to follow.\r\n
Now let\u2019s return to our original problem sentence:<\/h4>\r\n