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Title: Quotations


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Quotations
  • Short Quotations
  • Long Quotations

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Short Quotations
  • One word to three typed lines of prose
  • One word to two lines of verse
  • Place quotation marks around the quotation.

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Short Quotation Example
  • Cullen concludes, Of all the things that
    happened there/ Thats all I remember (11-12).

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Short Quotation Example 2
  • According to Foulkess study, dreams may express
    profound aspects of personality (184).

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Long Quotations
  • In prose, four or more typed lines.
  • In poetry, three or more lines
  • Start new line, indent one inch, double space.

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Long Quotation Example
  • Nelly Dean treats Heathcliff poorly and
    dehumanizes him throughout her narration
  • They entirely refused to have it in bed with
    them, or even in their room, and I had no more
    sense, so I put it on the landing. (Bronte 78)

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Adding Words in Quotations
  • Put brackets around added words to indicate they
    are not part of the original text.

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Adding Words Example
  • Jan Harold Brunvand, in an essay on urban
    legends, states some individuals who retell
    urban legends make a point of learning every
    rumor or tale(78).

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Omitting Words in Quotation
  • Indicate the deleted word or words by using
    ellipsis marks surrounded by brackets.
  • Ellipsis marks in brackets

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Example of Omitted Words
  • In an essay on urban legends, Jan Harold
    Brunvand notes that some individuals make a
    point of learning every recent rumor or tale
    and in a short time a lively exchange of details
    occurs.

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Authors Omitted Words
  • Uses ellipsis marks without brackets.
  • Ellipsis
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