PRACTICE 1
Direct Quotation
A.
1. How many direct quotations are used in the model paragraph?
There are three direct quotations used in the model paragraph.
2. What reporting verbs and phrases are used to introduce the direct quotations?
Reporting verbs which are used: stated, as saying, and according to.
B.
1. Dr. Yixuan Ma, a well-known astrophysicist who has been studying black holes, said, “It is one of the most interesting phenomena we astrophysicists have ever studied.”
2. As she explained, “In black holes the laws of nature do not seem to apply.”
3. “A black hole is a tiny point with the mass 25 times the mass of our sun,” explained Ma’s associate, Chun-Yi Su, “black holes are created by the death of a very large star,” she stated.
4. “It is an invisible vacuum cleaner in space,” she added, “with tremendous gravitational pull.”
5. According to Dr. Su, “If a person falls into a black hole, he will eventually be crushed due to the tremendous gravitational forces.”
6. “Time will slow down for him as he approaches the event horizon,” she said, “and when he reaches the event horizon, time will stand still for him.
PRACTICE 2
Changing Direct Quotation to Indirect Quotation
A.
1. How many indirect quotations does the paragraph contain?
There are four sentences which contain indirect quotation.
2. What reporting verbs or phrases introduce the indirect quotation? Which one(s) do not contain the word that?
• Reporting verbs 0r phrases which are used: said that, estimated that, also said, according to.
• Also said and according to do not contain the word that.
B. Look at the model paragraph “Drugs and the Olympic Games” on page 83 and find the one indirect quotation. Does it follow the sequence of tenses rules?
• Yes, it follows the sequence of tenses rules.
C.
1. Television channel KSA General Manager Jim Burns said that not everyone could attend college via television would offer many more students the chance to earn a collage degree.
2. Pre-med student Alma Rodriguez said that he missed being on campus, but he had to work and took care of his family.
3. Other students said that last year they had spent several hours a day commuting to and from school. Now they didn’t have to do that.
4. Computer engineering student Amir Mehdizadeh stated that he could choose when to study and how to study without pressure. He also said that he would take two more telecourses in the fall.
#ACADEMIC WRITING, SECOND MEETING page 85 – 86 and 88
Direct Quotation
A.
1. How many direct quotations are used in the model paragraph?
There are three direct quotations used in the model paragraph.
2. What reporting verbs and phrases are used to introduce the direct quotations?
Reporting verbs which are used: stated, as saying, and according to.
B.
1. Dr. Yixuan Ma, a well-known astrophysicist who has been studying black holes, said, “It is one of the most interesting phenomena we astrophysicists have ever studied.”
2. As she explained, “In black holes the laws of nature do not seem to apply.”
3. “A black hole is a tiny point with the mass 25 times the mass of our sun,” explained Ma’s associate, Chun-Yi Su, “black holes are created by the death of a very large star,” she stated.
4. “It is an invisible vacuum cleaner in space,” she added, “with tremendous gravitational pull.”
5. According to Dr. Su, “If a person falls into a black hole, he will eventually be crushed due to the tremendous gravitational forces.”
6. “Time will slow down for him as he approaches the event horizon,” she said, “and when he reaches the event horizon, time will stand still for him.
PRACTICE 2
Changing Direct Quotation to Indirect Quotation
A.
1. How many indirect quotations does the paragraph contain?
There are four sentences which contain indirect quotation.
2. What reporting verbs or phrases introduce the indirect quotation? Which one(s) do not contain the word that?
• Reporting verbs 0r phrases which are used: said that, estimated that, also said, according to.
• Also said and according to do not contain the word that.
B. Look at the model paragraph “Drugs and the Olympic Games” on page 83 and find the one indirect quotation. Does it follow the sequence of tenses rules?
• Yes, it follows the sequence of tenses rules.
C.
1. Television channel KSA General Manager Jim Burns said that not everyone could attend college via television would offer many more students the chance to earn a collage degree.
2. Pre-med student Alma Rodriguez said that he missed being on campus, but he had to work and took care of his family.
3. Other students said that last year they had spent several hours a day commuting to and from school. Now they didn’t have to do that.
4. Computer engineering student Amir Mehdizadeh stated that he could choose when to study and how to study without pressure. He also said that he would take two more telecourses in the fall.
#ACADEMIC WRITING, SECOND MEETING page 85 – 86 and 88
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