say, I need to quote 5 paragraphs from a book for my report. Do I italicize them or put quotes in them?
2006-08-10 09:04:38 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Yep u need to use quotation marks in them
2006-08-10 09:09:52 · answer #1 · answered by silverpearl 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Very rarely will you ever have to quote a full 5 paragraphs' worth of text in a report. Are you sure that all of the information you want to quote is necessary? If there are extraneous parts that don't contribute to the point you're trying to make, take them out.
For example, the original quote is, "It was 75 degrees outside, and Wanda wanted to go to the store. After spending a few minutes looking for her purse, she drove off to the store. She bought a chocolate bar." Then you could include the important events, "Wanda wanted to go to the store... She bought a chocolate bar."
But as a general rule, use quotation marks instead of italicization.
2006-08-10 09:22:23 · answer #2 · answered by bettalover 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No quotes, no italics -- indent the whole thing.
Quoting directly:
Whenever you wish to quote directly from a source, as well as the author’s name and date, you must include the page number, and include quotation marks around the quote if it is short.
For example, "Whatever theoretical perspective one adopts, … dieting is a necessary but not sufficient condition" (Huon, 2001).
Note that an ellipsis (or three dots) is used to indicate an omission from the original text.
Where there is a longer quote, it is better to indent the quoted passage, without quotation marks.
Unfortunately, I can't indent well on this!! See the link below for more quoting/citation help. Good luck!
2006-08-10 09:12:00 · answer #3 · answered by Yahzmin ♥♥ 4ever 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
for MLA format you need quotations, but if the quote is more then 4 lines long then you need to indent the entire quote and have no quotations
you only quote things that are directly taken from the text, if you are summarizing it, then you do not need to put quotations on it
also quoting 5 paragraphs is a lot of information, you should defiantly try to summarize some of it and directly quote the important information.
2006-08-10 09:48:51 · answer #4 · answered by liss843 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Justify paragraphs that contain more than one level of quoting.
Indent from the right and the left to make them smaller marginwise than the rest of the paper.
2006-08-10 09:12:05 · answer #5 · answered by lizziemrocks 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You do not use quotes for over a couple of lines!!
You indent them from both sides, about an inch will do. It's also customary to put them in a slightly smaller font size.
2006-08-10 09:09:59 · answer #6 · answered by jurydoc 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You would only use quotation marks if it is something someone actually said. eg: "One Giant Step For Mankind". If it is just 5 paragraphs, no quotes.
2006-08-10 09:11:03 · answer #7 · answered by GP 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it would also depend on if your teacher wants APA, CMS or MLS style of writing. Each one has different (though somewhat similar) methods of quoting sources.
2006-08-10 09:18:59 · answer #8 · answered by Raeth_Darkflame 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quotes, I think. Hope this helps you.
2006-08-10 09:07:19 · answer #9 · answered by hartley006 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yeah, I would go with quotes.
you confused girl.
2006-08-10 09:09:55 · answer #10 · answered by MP5 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋