What is a scare quote?

When quotation marks are used to express not buying into what is said

What is NOT a negative connotation of an asterisk?

Giving more detail at the bottom of the page

Things you don't need to say but want to say anyways

What are the rules of commas and periods in a quotation between the US and Britain?

Britain they are placed outside the quotation The US they are placed inside

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1
What is a scare quote?
When quoting exactly what the person is being quoted for what they said
A backup quotation
When quoting someone who is quoting someone
When quotation marks are used to express not buying into what is said
2
When the whole sentence is a question,where shoudl teh question mark go?
Definitely not this one
Inside Quotations
Outside Quotations
Not this one
3
Where does the terminal punctuation go when it is a complete sentence?
In a vertical list
Inside the parentheses
Outside the parentheses
Behind and Asterisk
4
How many dots are in an ellipses?
3
2
4
1
5
What is it called when an asterisk isused improperly in the book?
Asterpersonalization
Asterexasperation
Aterfrustration
Asexation
6
What is NOT a negative connotation of an asterisk?
Advertisements with exceptions or stipulations
When linguists use asterisks to proofread
Used when censoring profanity
Giving more detail at the bottom of the page
7
What does Aardvark's pencil mean?
Ignore
Not the right answer
Belongs to Aardvark
Aardvark is pencil
8
Numbered lists are used when soemthing needs to be followed in a speciifc order.
False
True
9
Bullet pointed lists are used when information needs to be in order.
False
True
10
When making changes to a quotation, what shoudl you do?
add ellipses
add abbreviation
add brackets
all of the above
11
What is an aside?
Terminal Punctuation
Words inside parentheses
Things you don't need to say but want to say anyways
A contraction
12
For Capitalization and Puncuation most of what you choose to do is based on your
style
teacher
information
rules
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What are the rules of commas and periods in a quotation between the US and Britain?
Commas and Periods are placed inside the quotation for both
Britain they are placed inside the quotation The US they are placed outside
Commas and periods are placed outside the quotation for both
Britain they are placed outside the quotation The US they are placed inside

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