Set off quotations of more than four lines of prose or more than three lines of poetry by indenting one inch from the left-hand margin. Double-space, and do not use quotation marks. If you are quoting just one paragraph, do not indent the first line.
Use brackets to indicate that you have added words to a quotation: As Earl notes, is a modern-day Everyman” .
Use brackets to alter a quotation so that it fits grammatically into your sentence: Wilson says that Miller “offer[s] audiences a dark view of the present” .
Place commas and periods inside quotation marks: According to Robert Coles, the child could “make others smile.”
Place punctuation marks other than commas and periods outside quotations marks: What does Frost mean when he says, “a poem must ride on its own melting”? If the punctuation mark is part of the quoted material, place it inside the quotation marks: In “Mending Wall,” Frost asks, “Why do they need
good neighbors?
