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If I'm changing or adding something do I use ( ) or [ ]?

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You should use brackets [ ] within the quote if you are adding clarification or showing gaps in the quote.

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Do I use double space in block quoting?

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Yes. A space before and after a block quote makes it easier to recognize as a quote.

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How do I cite a line from a play that I'm using for an epigraph in a poem that I've written?

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Write the line below your title but above your text, and follow it with a comma or dash and the playwright's name. You could also italicize the line and/or the name.

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How do I cite Shakespeare's sonnets?

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Here's an example: "We two must be twain, although our undivided loves are one." -- William Shakespeare, Sonnet 36. (The sonnets are sometimes listed by Roman numeral.)

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When do I need to use ellipses?

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Use an ellipsis when you omit one or more words in a direct quote.

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If i omit a line of verse of Shakespeare, how do I write an in-text citation? like (1.2.3-5,7-8) or (1.2.3-5, 7-8)? If i omit one line of verse from four lines, do I write the 3 lines as block quote?

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Write it like (1.2.3-5, 7-8). Write the three lines "in-line" in quotation marks, but put [. . .] in place of the line you're skipping.

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