Sometimes a student will want to include evidence that contains dialogue. To do so they will need to substitute a single quote ( ' ), or an apostrophe, for the double quotes ( " ) within a text.
For example:
If the original text read:
The Big Bad Wolf huffed, and puffed, and blew the house down.
The citation might read:
"The Big Bad Wolf huffed, and puffed, and blew the house down," (15).
But if the original text had dialogue and read:
The Big Bad Wolf said, "I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house down!"
The citation might read:
"The Big Bad Wolf said, 'I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house down!'" (13).
Notice who you might actually have three quotes (a single and a double) in a row at the end of a quote with dialogue.
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