9: DOING THE WORK Flashcards
What is a skill many writers do not possess – which is a skill that many writers do not realize is as difficult as they often make it out to be?
Getting in and out of quotations gracefully.
When it comes to quotes a copy editor must know how to do what?
As a copy editor, you must know how to make the transition into quotes and out of them as smoothy as possible.
What is the method of using quotes in the following?
This is a method in which a quote is being introduced through an ATTRIBUTE FIRST method.
What is the method of using quotes in the following:
This is a Introducing a quote through the ATTRIBUTE LAST method.
What is the method being used in the following:
This is an introducing a quote through the ATTRIBUTE IN THE MIDDLE method.
Concerning tense use and attribution - what do publications often do in news and magazine writing?
Oftentimes, in news and magazine writing, publications will use the present tense for attributions.
This is an example of what?
The way news and magazine publications will often use present tense for attributions.
What is the construction of how this quote is being introduced?
This is introducing a quote through a LEAD IN WITH AN INTRODUCTORY PHRASE AND A COLON.
What happens with quotes that flow over for more than one paragraph?
If the speaker goes on for more than one paragraph without a break, do not use the closing quotations to end the first paragraph.
Start the following paragraph with an opening quotation, and when the speaker is finished with that paragraph, end the whole thing with closing quotes.
This is an example of what?
This is a quote that flows over more than one paragraph.
What are the two reasons for why a block quote would be used?
The block quote is used for longer quotes & for quotes that you want to stand out as examples.
If you want to use a block quote for longer quotes, what is a good metric to go by?
Quotes of one hundred words or more, which is six or eight lines, make for good block quotes.
How does the layout of a block quote form?
Always start a new line, indent, and lose the quotation marks.
When it comes to the use of a quote in conjunction with a quote - what does this signify?
It signifies the use of an ellipses for an omitted portion of the quote.
What is the surrounding situation in which a writer would opt to use an ellipses in conjunction with a quote.
These situations arise because sources can venture off an irrelevant tangent and subsequent returns & within all that there is part of a quote that serves as your subject matter.
What is going on in this quote and what should be particularly noted?
The ellipses is being used to omit either a word, phrase, or line. It is noted that the full sentence ends with a period, and then the ellipsis follows.
This is an example of what concerning quotes?
Using a partial quote where you may use a few uttered words.
