Direct Quote Quotation Marks
A direct quotation reproduces word for word material taken directly from another author s work or from your own previously published work.
Direct quote quotation marks. This includes quotes from published works and primary data such as interviews. Quotation marks and direct quotations. A direct quotation is when you re directly quoting what someone said word for word not paraphrasing.
Use double quotation marks for a quote within a quote see examples below. The exception is when you use a block quote which should be set off. Direct quotations come in two different forms.
If the quotation is fewer than 30 words incorporate it into a paragraph and enclose the quotation in single quotation marks. For a direct quotation always include a full citation parenthetical or narrative in the same sentence as the quotation including the page number or other location information e g paragraph number. A direct quotation is a report of the exact words of an author or speaker and is placed inside quotation marks in a written work.
Place a parenthetical citation either immediately after the quotation or at the end of the sentence. What is a direct quotation. Run in and block quotations.
The use of quotation marks also called inverted commas is very slightly complicated by the fact that there are two types. You put direct quotations in quotation marks. As a general rule british usage has in the past usually preferred single quotes for ordinary use but double quotes are now increasingly common.
If you re quoting a written source you should still put the quote between quotation marks unless you plan to paraphrase it. Quotation marks are used only with direct quotes. This rule isn t just for speech.
A direct quotation reproduces word for word material directly quoted from another author s work or from your own previously published work. Quotation marks also known as speech marks quotes or inverted commas are used to set off direct speech and quotations. Place the in text reference before the full stop.
American usage has always preferred double quotes. Single quotes and double quotes.
