1. Divided Quotations. Review.

In the following passage, the quotation marks are omitted. Find every quotation. Read the passage, omitting all explanations that are not parts of quotations.

Is this an inn for fishermen? Robin asked of the serving-girl.

It's a house, said she, and I'll ask the dame if it's an inn. She wants things the way she wants them, the. dame does, and it's an inn if she says it is; so off she ran to find her mistress.

Soon the dame herself came to the door.

Who are you? she asked Robin.

I'm but a fisher lad, said he, and I'm looking for an inn.

What's your name?

Simon is a good name for a fisherman, and no one that I know is using it, so I'll just be Simon of the Sea.

That's the strangest name that I ever heard. Of the sea I know nothing about, but I'll call you Simon. I suppose you've come to get a place to work at an inn. What can you do, Simon?

Now this Simon of the Sea was not really sure he could do anything but shoot deer, so he thought it was best to look as wise as possible and say, I will do whatever you tell me to.

Can you keep a basket full? queried the dame.

Of venison? asked Robin, cheerfully.

The man's daft, said the dame, and she added, No, stupid, of firewood.

I think mayhap I could, said Robin, meekly.

I'll take you said the dame, promptly; I'll pay you five shillings a month and your keep.

You should have found four divided quotations in the passage. Copy the passage and put in the quotation marks.

2. Quotations Within Quotations

How much of the paragraph beginning "That's the strangest name that I ever heard" did you enclose in quotation marks? Who said it? What words did the dame quote from Simon's last speech?

In the book from which this passage is taken, these words are enclosed in single quotation marks; thus, 'Of the sea,' to show that they are a quotation within a quotation. Show this in the copy that you have just made.

3. Rule

A quotation within a quotation should be enclosed in singk quotation marks.

4. Question Marks With Quotation Marks

What quotation do you find in the first paragraph of the story? Is the quotation a question? The quotation marks, you see, should come after the question mark.

Read the quotation in this sentence: Who said, "Haste makes waste "?

Is the quotation a question? What is the question here? Why doesn't the question mark come within the quotation marks?

5. Rule

If a quotation is a question, the question mark should come within the quotation marks. If the whole sentence is a question, but the quotation at the end is not, the question mark should come after the quotation marks.

6. Exercise

Copy these passages, putting in the quotation marks that are needed.

1. What in the world, my little fellow, cried Hercules, may you be?

I am your enemy, answered the valiant Pygmy, in his mightiest squeak. You have slain the enormous Antaeus, our brother, and we are determined to put you to death For my own part, I challenge you to instant battle.

Upon my word, cried Hercules, I thought I had seen wonder? before to-day. But here on the palm of my hand stands a wonder that outdoes them all! Your body, my little friend, is about the size of an ordinary man's finger. Pray, how big may your soul be?

As big as your own, said the Pygmy.

2. Do you see the man who is crying, Hot cross buns for sale?