Question Marks In Quotes Mla

Ask the mla punctuation titles of works works cited lists if my works cited list entry has a title styled in quotation marks that ends in a question mark should i insert a period after the question mark.

Question marks in quotes mla. Question marks and exclamation points should appear within the quotation marks if they are a part of the quoted passage but after the parenthetical citation if they are a part of your text. For example when quoting short passages of prose use the following examples. A simple principle applies for what seems like a thorny issue. How do you punctuate a question that quotes a question.

Which shakespeare character asked is this a dagger which i see before me the handle toward my hand but if the sentence includes a parenthetical citation place the question mark after the citation. Lim always say to her students you must work harder. The same rule applies to exclamation marks and dashes. Mla style following chicago capitalizes the first letter of the first and last words of a title and the first letter of any other words in the title unless they are articles or prepositions so in your example we would capitalize not only flood but also all the other words in the title.

One level of nesting the most common reason for nesting punctuation is shown in section 1 3 7 of the mla handbook p. You ve got to be carefully taught wrote oscar hammerstein ii. Place the punctuation outside the closing quotation marks if the punctuation applies to the whole sentence. Use only the question mark contained in the quotation.

When you need to present a quotation within a. Place a question mark or exclamation point within closing quotation marks if the punctuation applies to the quotation itself. The mla handbook notes by convention commas and periods that directly follow quotations go inside the closing quotation marks 88. Sentence ending punctuation is a whole different story.

Omit the period as shown in the example below. Flood warnings issued nationwide. Phillip asked do you need this book does dr. Thus in the following sentence the comma is placed after taught.

To sum up the rules on question marks. Periods and commas always go inside quotation marks. This question mostly refers to the sentence ending punctuation marks punctuation marks that introduce a quote are never placed within quotation marks. According to ap style a question mark is inside quotation marks if that part is the question and outside the quotation marks if the whole sentence is a question.

Nest punctuation that appears within punctuation by alternating punctuation marks to disambiguate in this case between double and single quotation marks. Do not use two question marks. If the quoted words are a question put the question mark inside the quotation marks. How do i cite a map.