Question

Read the excerpt from "A Modest Proposal."The poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress, and help to pay their landlord's rent, their corn and cattle being already seized, and money a thing unknown.Which statement effectively uses a quotation to show that Swift claims that the poor will also benefit from his proposal?1. "Swift writes that poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress."2. Swift writes that poorer tenants will finally have something to help pay their landlord's rent since they have neither money nor trade.3. Swift writes that poorer tenants will have something to trade for rent since "their corn and cattle" have already been seized.4. Swift writes that "poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own" that can "help to pay their landlord's rent."

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is number 4. Swift writes that "poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own" that can "help to pay their landlord's rent."

Explanation:

We must use quotation marks to include portions of text that were written by another author. Notice that if we paraphrase - as done in number 2 -, there is no need for quotation marks.

Number 1 is incorrect because the quotation marks are not distinguishing the texts as they should. They are including both this author's and Swift's words. Number 3 is also wrong because it is basically a paraphrase. There is no need to use quotation marks to include only "their corn and cattle". That portion is not enough to demand the marks.

Number 4 is the correct one. It uses quotation to make it clear that the author is repeating Swift's words by separating them from his/her own.