In-Text Citations Step 5
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In-Text Citations: Step 5
Quotations longer than 40 typed words of prose or poetry in your paper require the following format:
● Indent all lines of the quotation one-half inch or five to seven spaces from
the left margin, double spacing above and below the text of the quote.
Single space each line of the quotation and use the normal right margin.
● Do not use quotation marks; the indentation tells readers that the words
are taken directly from the source.
● The punctuation ending the final sentence is placed after the last word of the
sentence, not after the parenthetical citation.
Note: Avoid long quotations when possible. Try summarizing some of the
source material instead.
Example:
Echoing the opinions of other Europeans at the time, Freud (1929) had a poor view of Americans:
The Americans are really too bad...Competition is much more pungent
with them, not succeeding means civil death to everyone, and they
have no private resources apart from their profession, no hobby, games,
love or other interests of a cultured person. And success means
money (p. 86).
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