When you are using a direct quote from literature in a paper, you leave it as it is; such as not capitalizing it if it isn't capitalized, or leaving whatever punctuation in the quote thereeven if it doesn't technically make sense.
No it shouldn't be capitalized.
Yes, you should always capitalize the first letter of a direct quote. Do not forget to include quotation marks before and after the quote either.
To properly format a direct quote from a source in an MLA paper, you should enclose the quote in quotation marks and include the author's last name and the page number in parentheses after the quote.
To properly quote an article title in a paper, you should enclose the title in quotation marks and capitalize the first word and any important words in the title.
You do if you are quoting the statement from the very beginning.
No, except at the beginning of a sentence because it is n ot a proper n ou n.
No, yellow fever is referred to as "yellow fever", without any capitalizations, unless at the beginning of a sentence or quote.
When the exact wording of the quote is important you welcome
Words within a sentence, after a comma or semi-colon, are not capitalized, except where the direct quote (quotation marks) is used, or for a proper name.
No. You capitalize titles and proper nouns, but you treat a quote as you would any written sentence.
You should only capitalize the first word in a quotation if you are quoting from the start of a line, or if the first word is a name. For example, if I were to quote myself, "You should only capitalize the first word in a quotation...". This is quoting from the start of a sentence, so the first word is capitalized. However, "capitalize the first word of a quotation..." does not start at the beginning of the sentence, so it doesn't need to be capitalized.
Yes, you should capitalize the first letter of a quote at the beginning of a sentence, even if it is in the middle of another sentence. This helps to indicate that the quoted material is beginning.