Why Should We Learn to Use Quotation Marks

Lesson 1 - Why Should We Learn to Use Quotation Marks?

Read the following excerpt from The City of Ember page 15.

Someone tapped her on the shoulder. Startled, she turned and saw Doon behind her. His thin face looked pale. Will you trade with me he asked. Trade? Trade jobs. I don't want to waste my time being a messenger. I want to help save the city, not run around carrying gossip. Lina gaped at him. You'd rather be in the Pipeworks? Electrician's helper is what I wanted Doon said. But Chet won't trade, of course. Pipeworks is second best. But why? Because the generator is in the Pipeworks said Doon.

The story is difficult to follow. Determining the speaker for each line gets extremely confusing without quotation marks. Authors want their readers to easily follow the story and not have to spend time sorting out conversation. In the next five lessons you will learn how to write the conversation above correctly. After Lesson 5 come back to this page and rewrite this excerpt from The City of Ember correctly.

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