Use double quotation marks (" ") to enclose phrases or entire sentences that were taken word for word from someone else. Quotation marks are not needed for paraphrasing. Example: The dog he brings on ...

Remember to close the punctuation marks at the end of the quotation. Only use a capital letter in a quotation if one appears in the original text. Punctuation that appears in the original text ...

Use an ellipsis (...) when you want to drop words out of a quote. Ex: Lincoln said, "Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth...a new nation." Single quotation marks are used to set ...

Running quotations: If a full paragraph of quoted material is followed by a paragraph that continues the quotation, do not use closing quotation marks at the end of the first paragraph, but do use ...