Technical: Complete Quiz 5 – Reporting Speech
- a. Read Chapter 7 of Hicks, English for Journalists (Reporting Speech) to prepare for this quiz.
- b. Complete the quiz so that you get 100% correct (you will be able to make numerous attempts).
- c. Reflect on this briefly on your blog – Did you find the questions difficult? Did you have any problems in specific areas?
Reporting Speech
While I agree that speech in text follows certain rules, in the quizzes that we are given, there is some room for interpretation.
For example: Yes, of course you always close quotation marks after someone has finished talking; however, I was marked incorrect because I said yes (Ames, 2014a).
I was incorrect because the question was referring to speech that followed on to a second paragraph. This I knew. In fact it was one of the things that I found most interesting when I read the text and the course notes this week (Ames, 2014b).
But that wasn't the question. The question was, do you close quotation marks after the person is done talking - and that answer is YES.
For example: Yes, of course you always close quotation marks after someone has finished talking; however, I was marked incorrect because I said yes (Ames, 2014a).
I was incorrect because the question was referring to speech that followed on to a second paragraph. This I knew. In fact it was one of the things that I found most interesting when I read the text and the course notes this week (Ames, 2014b).
But that wasn't the question. The question was, do you close quotation marks after the person is done talking - and that answer is YES.
REFERENCES
Ames, K., 2014a, Quiz 5: Reporting speech, Course notes, COMM11007 Media Writing: CQUniversity e-courses, http://moodle.cqu.edu.au.
Ames, K., 2014b, Module 5: Voice, Attribution and Acknowledgement, Course notes, COMM11007 Media Writing: CQUniversity e-courses, http://moodle.cqu.edu.au.
Hicks, W., 2013. English for journalists. 4th ed. New York: Routledge pp 93-98.
Hi Victoria,
ReplyDeleteI got the same answer wrong. A trick question maybe but it definitely should have been a little clearer stating that the speech was over a number of continuous paragraphs.
I have come across a number of questions like this and I often doubt myself as I then start to think about it too much then get totally confused. Even so I know what the right answer is. It's a little frustrating at times but at least we are learning something :)
Amanda