Which sentences correctly use quotations from "a modest proposal"? check all that apply. “it is a melancholy object to those, who walk through this great town, or travel in the country, when they see the streets, the roads and cabbin-doors crowded with beggars, states swift.” swift asserts that whoever finds “a fair, cheap and easy method” for solving the overwhelming issue of poverty in england would deserve to have “his statue set up for a preserver of the nation.” swift claims that his proposal would be profitable because no wealthy gentleman would think twice about paying ten shillings for the carcass of a good fat child. swift explains that his proposal would bring relief to impoverished parents because they would “be rid of the charge of maintaining them after the first year.” “this would be a great inducement to marriage, which all wise nations have either encouraged by rewards, or enforced by laws and penalties,” writes swift about his proposal.

Swift asserts that whoever finds “a fair, cheap and easy method” for solving the overwhelming issue of poverty in England would deserve to have “his statue set up for a preserver of the nation.”

Swift explains that his proposal would bring relief to impoverished parents because they would “be rid of the charge of maintaining them after the first year.”

“This would be a great inducement to marriage, which all wise nations have either encouraged by rewards, or enforced by laws and penalties,” writes Swift about his proposal.

When including a quotation in an essay the quotation may not just be dropped in to the essay without any context. The first option is wrong because the quotation marks go around the entire quotation AND the contextual information. Since the context is not in the story, it is not directly from the text and should not be in quotes. Quotations can be embedded into the essay writer's sentences such as in option 2 and 4. Anything that is taken directly from the text must be in quotations. Quotations can also be included by using a set up to introduce the author's name and any other important information for understanding the quote. In the last option, the setup comes after the quotation.

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