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DESCRIBE QUOTATION MARKS HOW USED, WHY, AND WHEN USED IN APA FORMAT

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY

ROBERT HOWREY



Used effectively, quotations can provide important pieces of evidence and lend fresh voices and perspectives to your narrative. Used ineffectively, however, quotations can clutter your text and interrupt the flow of your argument.

WHEN SHOULD I QUOTE?

Use quotations at strategically selected moments. You have probably been told by teachers to provide as much evidence as possible in support of your thesis. But packing your paper with quotations will not necessarily strengthen your argument. Much of your paper should still be your original ideas in your own words. And quotations are only one type of evidence. Well-balanced papers may also make use of paraphrases, data, and statistics. The types of evidence you use will depend in part on the conventions of the discipline or audience for which you are writing. For example, papers analyzing literature may rely heavily on direct quotations of the text, while papers in the social sciences may have more paraphrasing, data, and statistics than quotations.



Reference

https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/quotations/