Q Using Quotes For Try It #5, you will practice using quotes. This Try It! is designed to help you learn how to blend quotes into your stories. Once you are done with this week's assigned reading, assess how well you understand journalistic conventions for using directly quoted material here. Then, pick a sentence or two and correct the punctuation and attribution errors. (Try not to pick the same sentences others in the class already have attempted.) When you are done editing your sentences, use the rules in the "Newsgathering and Interviewing" chapter in the JOUR 201 Manual and the Tipsheet for Using Quotes & Attribution in the Course Resources' assignment handouts to explain what you changed and why. (Don't hesitate to also point out other grammar or style errors you may see in the sentences!) If your grammar needs a touch-up, you can refresh your memory of basic English grammar rules with JOUR 201's grammar practice quiz under Activities & Assessements > Quizzes in the course navbar before you submit your revised Try It. Here are your sentence options: 1. "It was the moment I felt the handcuffs that I began to cry." "Never in my life would I have thought I would be going to jail." sobbed she. 2. Students get an "average" of nine hours of sleep a night. Some, uh, can function with less and some require more. Sleep need may be inherited, the psychology professor claimed. 3. "I was in a holding cell with about 20 other girls arrested for underage drinking." She sobbed, "it was ridiculous." "It took forever to get bailed out." she cried "Then I had to post $162 in bail and was ordered to appear in court." she made it clear. 4. A student said "I'm under 21, and I can get marijuana a whole lot easier than, uh, alcohol." 5. "I earned every damned grade I received, both the good and the bad" said he. 6. A teacher said, cheaters "Are only hurting themselves." 7. "The media are biased and untrustworthy." "They report only one side of a story." he charged. 8. A psychology major placed on probation said, "I always thought of myself as a good student, but everything started piling up." "I joined clubs so I could meet people." "I had a job, and I joined a sorority." "Once my grades started to slip it was hard to get them back up again." she said. 9. A freshman said "when I came to college I didn't know anyone and was lonely." 10. The 48-year-old mother said "I have 4 kids. I see other college students who agonize over a grade. It's okay to make a B or a C. I'm just happy if my kids are healthy." she smiled. 11. She said: "always laugh at yourself first—before others do". 12. "My dad told me, "Americans suffer under the illusion that everything can be cured by passing a new law." My dad was right, of course Most things can't be solved by a new law." said Karpov. 13. Another important step is to, she said, lower the book prices. 14. "My views on birth control" said Robert F. Kennedy "Are somewhat distorted by the fact that I was the seventh of nine children". 15. Hendricks said; 'winning this case was the most satisfying of my career. It's saved the county's taxpayers$5 million.' 17. "The basic tenet of black consciousness" said Steve Biko "is that the black man must reject all value systems that seek to make him a foreigner in the country of his birth". 18. The veteran of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan praised the soldiers in her platoon. "I've never worked with a more determined group of people." "The conditions were horrible and the enemy implacable." She said "If we hadn't held together, we might have all died." 19. "Sure, I swipe credit card numbers sometimes." Said the waiter who asked not to be identified. "It's easy to write down the numbers and then use them later on the internet. I think people don't look at their credit card statements." The waiter added. 20. The bank president said the "dollar" and the "euro" were the two currencies that were most likely to suffer because of the "economic policies" of China. Objectives: To punctuate directly quoted material and attribute indirect or paraphrased and summarized material according to journalistic conventions. Deadlines: Post your completed exercise here as a reply to this prompt by 11:59 p.m. Saturday. Then, make sure to substantively peer review at least two of your classmates' exercises by 11:59 p.m. Tuesday. Revise your own Try It at least once by the end of the academic week. Best practice: Before you submit your initial response to the discussion question, click "subscribe to this thread" beneath the message box. This way, you will receive and be able to respond immediately to notices that someone has commented on your remarks, which can help make these discussions more like conversations. Keep track of those suggestions for improvement in your writing with the error log in this week's assignment handouts. You can use it in your editing! (Response required.) -30- ©2022 University of Maryland Global Campus