2019-06-27 Writing: story feedback, commas

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - Notes from all classes
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In groups of three:
1 Read your story silently to make sure you understand it. Make corrections if you notice major mistakes.
2 Read your story out loud to your group.
3 As a group, choose your favorite story and choose who will read it to the class.
4 Read your groups’ stories to the class and we will choose the best overall.
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p. 188-189 - Using quotation marks.
- In stories, the most common reporting verbs are “say” and “ask”. (These words are mostly “invisible”, so it won’t feel repetitive if you use them many times.)
- To separate quotations from the rest of the sentence, use commas:
	“It’s not easy,”_she said,_“to be a single mother.”
- Question marks and exclamation marks can go in the middle of a sentence, but not periods.
	“I don’t want to swim,” he said.
	“Why?” she asked.
	“It’s freezing!” he said.
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p. 188-189 practice 12 - Add quotation marks, other punctuation, and capital letters as needed.
2 “Why not?” I asked.
3 “Medical care in the United States is very expensive,” they answered.
4 According to a booklet about health care in the United States, a two-hour visit to the emergency room can cost more than $3,000.
5 I asked, “What happens if I can’t pay?”
6 “I don’t know,”_my father replied,_“but I think you should find out.”
7 According to the booklet, “The school will provide medical insurance while you are a student.”
8 My advisor said, “It doesn’t cover everything, so you might want to buy insurance from a private company.”
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In writing (for abbreviations and to end sentences), this is a “period” in American English and a “full stop” in Britisn English.
In numbers, it’s “point”.
In websites and email addresses, it’s “dot”.