Unit 14 -Ex1

UNIT 14: EXERCISE 1 Correct all errors in the use of punctuation, ellipses, italics, format, and the integration of quotations in the following sentences. 1. In his essay The Pain of Animals, David Suzuki asks: “What gives us the right to exploit other living organisms as we see fit” (267)? 2. “With the right wing shift of governments in Ontario and Alberta, Canada has moved from a social welfare state to a social control state.” 321. Rebick argues that Canada has become less humane in its treatment of the poor. 3. In the poem “Dear John Wayne”, the mosquitoes, as they “. . . break through the smoke screen for blood. . . “ symbolize the settlers’ attitudes towards the Indians. 4. In Camilla Gibb’s novel “Sweetness in the Belly,” Amina complains that: “Sometimes you are exhausting, Lilly, honestly. Okay, so yours is not a map of blood. But can’t you see? This is a map of love. (p.32)” 5. In the poem “Survival,” the speaker uses harsh verbs such as ‘smashed’ to convey the brutal realities of life on a farm. 6. Davis concludes his essay “The Ticking Bomb” with an emotional plea for “We must aspire to create a new international spirit of pluralism, a true global democracy . . .” (251). 7. On p. 287 in the middle of his essay Kunstler states his main point, “We are now due for a folding up of the periodic global trade fair as industrial nations enter the tumultuous era beyond the global oil production peak.” 8. The speaker in Wole Soyinka’s poem Telephone Conversation says that he was first attracted to the apartment because “The price. . . reasonable” (149).

KEY 1. In his essay “The Pain of Animals,” David Suzuki asks, “What gives us the right to exploit other living organisms as we see fit ?” (267). [Put quotation marks around titles of essay. Use a comma when the sentence introducing the quotation is grammatically incomplete.” Because the quotation is a question, put the question mark inside the quotation mark.] 2. Rebick argues that Canada has become less humane in its treatment of the poor: “With the right wing shift of governments in Ontario and Alberta, Canada has moved from a social welfare state to a social control state” (321). [Make the point; then give the quotation that supports it. Use a colon to attach the quotation to the sentence that introduces it if that sentence is grammatically complete. Put the period after the page number. ] 3. In the poem “Dear John Wayne, ” the mosquitoes, as they “ break through the smoke screen for blood” (176), symbolize the settlers’ attitudes towards the Indians. [Put the comma inside the quotation marks. Omit the ellipses if the quotation is obviously incomplete. Add a page reference.] 4. In Camilla Gibb’s novel Sweetness in the Belly, Amina complains that “Sometimes you are exhausting, Lilly, honestly. Okay, so yours is not a map of blood. But can’t you see? This is a map of love” (32). [Italicize titles of novels. If the sentence introducing the quotation ends with that, do not use a colon. Put the period after the page reference. ] 5. In the poem “Survival,” the speaker uses harsh verbs such as “smashed” to convey the brutal realities of life on a farm. [Put double quotation marks around words referred to as words. Use single quotation marks only for a quote within a quote.] 6. Davis concludes his essay “The Ticking Bomb” with an emotional plea to “create a new international spirit of pluralism, a true global democracy . . .” (251). [The quotation must fit grammatically with the sentence that introduces it.]

7. In the middle of his essay, Kunstler states his main point: “We are now due for a folding up of the periodic global trade fair as industrial nations enter the tumultuous era beyond the global oil production peak” (287). [Put the page number in parentheses after a quotation. Use a colon because the sentence introducing the quotation is grammatically complete.] 8. The speaker in Wole Soyinka’s poem Telephone Conversation says that he was first attracted to the apartment because “The price seemed reasonable” (149). [If you use an ellipsis, make sure that what remains fits together grammatically and makes sense.]