Block Quotations
• If a direct quotation is more than four lines long on a typed page, MLA requires a block quote.
• Introduce the quotation with a complete sentence and a colon. • Indent the entire quote 1-inch (hit the TAB key twice), double space the lines, and do not use quotation marks.
• Do not indent the opening line unless the quote begins a new paragraph in the original source. • The in-text citation can be included at the end, outside of the final punctuation, or in the signal phrase.
• You should not begin a new paragraph after a block quote because of direct quotation rule #3: Always provide an analysis of the direct quotation.
Block Quotation Example
As defined in Delgado Community College’s “Student Judicial Code (Rights, Responsibilities, and Disciplinary Procedures” (Policy No. SA-1448.1D), plagiarism is this: P
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airsm-- The inclusion of someone else's actual words or paraphrases, ideas, or data
into one's own work without acknowledging the original source. The included material must have appropriate citations such as [in-text citations] or quotation marks and identification of the sources, published or unpublished, copyrighted or not copyrighted.
This is a correctly formatted block quotation. After your block quotation, your paragraph should continue while you explain and analyze the large block quotation you just presented. Here is where you explain and analyze the long block quotation’s significance to the claim you are making in that paragraph. Most times, a block quotation will not end a paragraph because of requirement #3: “always provide an analysis.” The quote will not speak for itself. It is your job to explain it. Works Cited Entry for the above block quotation:
“Student Judicial Code (Rights, Responsibilities, and Disciplinary Procedures.”Dl adeg o Co Cleeolg.
http://docushare3.dcc.edu/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-80/. Accessed 7 August 2018.
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