UNDERLlNlNG AND USING QUOTATlON MARKS

Underline the titles of the following:

Put quotation marks around the titles of the following:

(Anything that is part of a whole, part of a larger work for example, a poem in an anthology)

Plagiarism is unacceptable. You must acknowledge direct quotations, paraphrases, information and ideas that are not your own. It is a serious offence not to give credit for material you borrowed from some other source.

General Guidelines for Choosing Quotations

*Use quotations sparingly and selectively. Over quotation can lead the reader to conclude that you are neither an original thinker, nor a skillful writer.

*Use shorter, well-chosen quotations rather than longer ones. Do not quote ten lines when the essence of what you want is embodied in three of those lines.

*A quotation should correspond exactly to its source; any changes you make should be made clear to the reader following the guidelines given below:

When you use quotations in your paper, follow these rules:

1. Include quotations of not more than four typed lines in the body of your essay and place in quotation marks. Generally introduce each quotation with a comma.

EXAMPLE:

When Hamlet said, "Excellent well, you are a fishmonger,” (2.2.174) we accept his comment as proof that he overheard the plan to arrange a meeting between him and Ophelia.

2. Quotations of four or more lines are set off from your text by beginning a new line, indenting ten spaces from the left margin, and continuing to indent ten spaces at the beginning of each line for the duration of the quotation. For a new paragraph within the context of the quotation, indent an additional three spaces. These quotations are double-spaced and should not be enclosed in quotation marks. Generally introduce each quotation with a comma or a colon.

EXAMPLE:

Hamlet's delay cannot be simply considered procrastination; in fact,

the earliest moment at which Hamlet is justified in striking the blow does not come until the end of the third scene of the third act - or in other words, until Shakespeare's play is more than half finished. It is the moment when Hamlet finds his uncle at prayer. . . . Now for the first time, Claudius is off his guard, and his attitude of prayer confirms the evidence – already strong enough – that he isguilty. (Kittredge 1044)

3. At the end of the embodied quotation, include inside the quotation marks any punctuation that is part of the quotation. Commas stay inside the quotation marks. (See Documentation for punctuation with parenthetical references.)

4. You may leave unimportant parts of a quotation out, but indicate that by three spaced periods (. . . ); this is called ellipsis. When your ellipsis coincides with the end of a sentence, use three spaced periods following a sentence period (. . . .).

5. If you add anything for clarification, use square brackets:

"To be [king] is nothing, but to be safely [king]."

6. Keep the structure of lines of poetry quoted by using a slash:

"Let me not to the marriage of true minds/Admit impediments."