Read the following sentence and answer the question that follows. on their association’s website, the north american securities administrators association has an article called “how to spot a con artist” that includes tips on how to avoid being swindled. why are quotation marks necessary in the sentence above? a. to indicate the title of a longer work b. to indicate a direct quote c. to indicate the title of a shorter work d. to indicate emphasis

The correct answer is C. To indicate the title of a shorter work

Explanation:

In writing, the quotation marks (“) are used with different purposes this includes using quotation marks to enclose the exact words of someone else, using quotation marks to emphasize important words or concepts and using them to indicate titles of shorter works such as chapters, articles or short stories as long works should be in italics. In the case of the excerpt presented thee quotations are used to mark “How to Spot a Con Artist” that according to the text is an article from the North American Securities Administriatatior Associanto website and therefore the quotation marks mainly indicate this is the title of a shorter work rather than the words or someone or a concept that needs to be emphasized.

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i longed to go with them out into the world to seek my fortune in foreign lands—africa, india, china and peru!

and, dreaming of the lands i had never seen, i'd sit on there, watching till they were out of sight.