Question

Central City Zoo is small and outdated. The animals live in cramped, barred cages built in 1946. Any visitor can see the big cats pacing unhappily back and forth, day after day, and the apes prowling hopelessly in search of something interesting to climb. These animals have been entrusted to our care. If they could speak, they would plead for a better life. It is wrong not to give them one.
Which is the best way to format a direct quote from this passage?



Wilson states that it is wrong not to give the animals a better life. (1)


Wilson states that "It is wrong not to give the animals a better life." (1)


Wilson states that the animals clearly want a better life, and "it is wrong not to give them one" (1).


Wilson points out that the animals want a better life for themselves (1).
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Answer 1

The best way to format a direct quote from this passage is:  Wilson states that the animals clearly want a better life, and "it is wrong not to give them one" (1).

A writer resorts to direct quotation when he/she takes the exact words that another author has used in a text or speech and puts them inside double quotation marks. The third option is the correct one because it includes the same words that Wilson wrote in his/her text and also because they are found around quotation marks. In contrast, the first and last options are incorrect because they do not include quotation marks. Moreover, although inverted commas are found in the second option, the writer included some words that Wilson has not used.  

Answer 2

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I am 100% sure the answer is
Wilson states that the animals clearly want a better life, and "it is wrong not to give them one" (1).

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