to show that something is missing
To show that something is missing
To prove your thesis use a direct quote.
somebody is saying it
When separating a direct quotation from a signal phrase, a writer should not use a comma
Ellipses show that a portion of the quote has been left out, which might mean that it was irrelevant to the purpose of the quote, but which could change the meaning of the quote if taken out of context.
A writer would use a block quotation in someone's paper when quoting a passage that is longer than four lines of text. Block quotations are typically used to highlight important or impactful sections of text that deserve more emphasis than a regular in-text quotation. They are set apart from the main text by being indented and usually not enclosed by quotation marks.
To prove your thesis use a direct quote.
If a proper name or nickname is part of a quote and requires quotation marks, use double quotation marks for the overall quote and single quotation marks within the quote for the proper name or nickname.
If a word is in quotation marks, and you're quoting it, use single quotation marks to indicate an embedded quotation.
I would use single quotation marks, as for titles of poems.
A writer would not use the present tense when describing something which happened some time previously.
According to MLA format, you use quotation marks around speeches.