Direct Quotations Examples

Apa favors embedding brief quoted material within a sentence of your own words.

Direct quotations examples. Each of these examples properly cites the direct quotation but i ve varied the placement of the citation information. Direct quotations the actual words someone said or wrote are enclosed in quotation marks also called inverted commas. Here are some examples all of which are meant to be direct quotations. Whenever european colonies have been established in australia the native races in that neighbourhood rapidly decreasing sic and already in some of the older settlements have totally disappeared cited in coupe 1991.

In 1845 the explorer eyre stated. Lexi said it s time to eat an indirect quotation would look like this. King said i have a dream comparing types of quotations. In this example there would be little reason to use the direct quotation you don t lose any of the meaning of the statement by quoting it indirectly.

A direct quotation reproduces word for word material directly quoted from another author s work or from your own previously published work. If you are directly quoting someone put the word in quotation marks. Lexi announced it was time to eat. For example a direct quotation would look like this.

The number of students are sic larger than usual. In other english speaking countries single. We have not recieved sic your letter. The all blacks won the match with a fortuitous sic try in the final minute.

Sarah smiled and said yes i looked up from my desk and said no you can t have a cookie if you are indirectly quoting someone don t put the word in quotation marks. In north america quotation marks are usually double. A direct quotation is a report of the exact words of an author or speaker and is placed inside quotation marks in a written work. Enclose the directly quoted material in double quotation marks.

Use double quotation marks for a quote within a quote see examples below. He wondered whether sarah would say yes. An example of direct quotation in the context of a paragraph. Several commentators have suggested that business education may have a deleterious effect on the morality and ethics of managers assudani et.

By changing the order of information in the sentence i can choose what information to emphasize.