7 Punctuate quotations correctly. Be sure to surround any material you take from another source with double quotation marks. Also remember to copy the quoted material exactly as it appears in the original source. Even though Lengel offers him a chance to change his mind about quitting, Sammy does not renege on his initial reaction. Without quotation marks, the reader doesn't know where Sammy's actual words begin and end, nor where the student's words begin and end.
Quotation marks are road signs to the reader that words other than the student's own are being read.
The page number is not to tell the reader that quoted material is being used. Even though Lengel offers him a chance to change his mind about quitting, Sammy does not renege on his initial reaction. Single quotation marks should not be used for direct quotations. They are used when you have a quotation within a quotation. Even though Lengel offers him a chance to change his mind about quitting, Sammy does not renege on his initial reaction.