Direct Quotation

Direct Quotations

A.    Analyzing direct quotation in the text.

1.      There are three direct quotations in the text ‘Drugs and the Olympic Games’.

2.      The direct quotations use three kinds of reporting verbs and phrases. They are; stated, according to, and quoted.

B.     Punctuating the direct quotation.

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, Chin-Yi Su. “Black holes are created by the death of a very larger star,” she stated.

4.      “It is an invisible vacuum cleaner in space,” she said 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.”