Q&A for How to Put a Quote in an Essay

If you’re citing a famous quote, you’ll need to provide a citation as well as the context of the quote. For example, you might say, “As President Lincoln said in his 1838 Lyceum address . . .” You’ll also need to include the source where you found the quotation, such as a book or website.

If you’re citing a quote from a personal conversation rather than a published source, you’ll need to indicate in text and in your bibliography that you’re quoting a “personal communication” or similar. For example, in APA style, you would write the quote, then cite it as “(B. Wooster, personal communication, November 14, 2019).” In the bibliography, you’d cite the person’s name, followed by the date and then the type of communication (e.g., phone conversation, personal interview, or email).

No, that is what the citation is for. As long as you are giving appropriate credit to the author when quoting, that is all that is required.

This depends upon the citation method being used. For example, if you are using MLA, you can use author's last name and then the year in parentheses: "Quote," (Doe, 2016). If you don't know the author's last name, then use the article title: "Quote" (Title of Article, 2016).

No, you may follow the regular rules of capitalization for your quote, unless only portions of it were capitalized for emphasis.

No, you need to provide the page number for a proper reference.

You quote spoken words the same way you would a written quote, however, you cite the quote by referencing the medium in which it is spoken (e.g. a lecture, TV show, interview, etc.) according to the style of your other citations.

Whenever you use a direct quote, acknowledge the quote by placing it inside quotation marks and naming the author. Whenever you paraphrase content – ideas, written text, or thoughts – place the credit within your research paper where your paraphrase occurs and at the end of the paper in the bibliography. Whenever you use photos, images, or other art, name the artist or creator underneath the image.

As long as the personal pronouns are in the quotation, it is perfectly fine. Be sure to clarify who the pronoun refers to. Don't use personal pronouns when writing, however. You want the essay to be professional. Approach it from a third-party standpoint. Only use personal pronouns if they are quoted from a text.

Allaire, Tanya. “Title.” La Citadelle, Cornwall. 28th of February, 2017. 1. Last name, first name(lecturer) 2. Tittle 3. School/location 4. Town 5. Date

Write a saying exactly as it was spoken, and add any punctuation marks to make it grammatically correct.

In your bibliography, it would be formatted as, "The Movie. Directed by John Doe, performance by Jane Doe, New York Stories, 2016." The title of the movie should be italicized. In the essay, you can just put the movie title in parentheses after the quote.

Unless a new character begins to speak, no, you don't.

When you want to use a quote, but want to continue the sentence, you would put a comma before the last quotation mark. For example: "'Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring,' Monroe once said."

No. Simply cite it according to the medium it came from and put it in citation marks.

No, you only need "Quote" (author's last name and page number). The character's name isn't needed, but you will most likely mention their name when introducing the quote and explaining the quote.

Proper format is to use the double quotation mark, saving single quotation marks for a quote within a quote. If you deviate from this standard, it may cost you points on your essay.

It isn't really necessary to quote a whole article, but the sentence can be omitted and replaced with an ellipse.