1. You can use exaclty what someone said, in quotation / talking marks, but you have to mention his or her name and where he or she has written it
2. The quotation cannot be longer than 2-3 sentences in your text.
3. If it's a paragraph long, you indent it,
During the twenties lawlessness and social nonconformity prevailed. In cities organized crime flourished without police interference, and in spite of nationwide prohibition of liquor sales, anyone who wished to buy a drink knew where to get one.
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Musicians like Louis Armstrong become favorites, particularly among young people, as many turned away from highly respectable classical music to jazz. One of the best examples of the anti-traditional trend was the proliferation of young "flappers," women who rebelled against custom by cutting off their hair and shortening their skirts (Yancey 25).
Quotations characteristics
1. You can use exaclty what someone said, in quotation / talking marks, but you have to mention his or her name and where he or she has written it2. The quotation cannot be longer than 2-3 sentences in your text.
3. If it's a paragraph long, you indent it,
During the twenties lawlessness and social nonconformity prevailed. In cities organized crime flourished without police interference, and in spite of nationwide prohibition of liquor sales, anyone who wished to buy a drink knew where to get one.
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Musicians like Louis Armstrong become favorites, particularly among young people, as many turned away from highly respectable classical music to jazz. One of the best examples of the anti-traditional trend was the proliferation of young "flappers," women who rebelled against custom by cutting off their hair and shortening their skirts (Yancey 25).