Formatting Quotations

Which in-text citation is correct?

• "Orvil couldn't fathom what she meant by risks" (Tommy Orange 118)

• "Orvil couldn't fathom what she meant by risks" (Orange 118)

• "Orvil couldn't fathom what she meant by risks" (Orange pg 118)

• "Orvil couldn't fathom what she meant by risks" (118)

Direct quotations MUST be put in between..

• (Parenthesis)

• "Quotation Marks"

• [Brackets]

• ...ellipses...

What must be included in an in-text citation?

• Author's full name and page number

• Author's last name and page number

• Page number

• Hyperlink to the source

Direct quotations MUST be put in between...

• ...ellipses...

• "Quotation Marks"

• [Brackets]

• (Parenthesis)

Which quotation is formatted correctly?

• "I hated the dress." (4)

• "I hated the dress," (4).

• "I hated the dress" (4).

• 'I hated the dress' (4).

All quotations are surrounded by

• Single quotation marks ' '

• Double quotation marks " "

• Parentheses ( )

• Brackets [ ] 

Dialogue inside of a quote is surrounded by

• Single quotation marks ' ' 

• Double quotation marks " "

• Parentheses ( ) 

• Brackets [ ] 

When citing a quotation, the page number goes

• Inside double quotation marks " ",

• Inside single quotation marks ' ' 

• Inside parentheses ( ) 

• Inside brackets [ ] 

If a quote ends with a question mark or exclamation point...

• you keep it and do not add a period after the page number and parentheses

• you move it after the page number and parentheses

• you erase it, and add a period after the page number and parentheses

• you keep it, and still add a period after the page number and parentheses

HOW CAN I TELL THAT A COLON IS REQUIRED HERE?: My husband had a plan to fix this issue: "Why don't we call the office and ask them to bill us again?"

• It is introducing a quote, as a colon often does.

• The information before the quote is a complete sentence that can stand alone.

• The first part of the sentence mentions "a plan," and a colon is used before details of that "plan" are revealed

• All of these are signs that I need a colon in front of the quote (and not a comma)