If your assignment is in 12 use 10 for the quotation.

How to reference a direct quote. Author Becky Reed Rosenberg discusses using direct quotes. Quotation marks are not used even if it is a direct quote. If your assignment is in double spacing keep the quote in single spacing.

If you are using someone elses words the words must be indented or in quotation marks. When youre writing use direct quotes sparingly because the essay or article is supposed to be your original work. These actions show that you are not claiming the work is your own.

When including a direct quotation in text be sure to enclose the quote in double quotation marks and provide the author date of publication and page number or paragraph number andor section heading if there are no page numbers. Using the newspaper name day month year and page number as part of your sentence. Adding a citation at the end of a sentence.

15 and pp for multiple page numbers Example. Year of publication Title of the source. See Direct quotes for more information.

Quotes of 40 or more words are set as a block quotation and indented shifted about 1 cm from the left margin. When writers insert or alter words in a direct quotation square brackets are placed around the change. The in-text citation is added at the end of the quote after the full stop.

While referencing this quotation in the reference list you will follow the following format. Place a colon at the end of your writing before the quote. When to Use Direct Quotes.