Use double quotation marks around a direct quote A direct

quotation  Quotation marks are punctuation marks used in pairs in various writing systems to identify direct speech, a quotation, or a phrase  Some General Quotation Guidelines · Periods and Commas · Colons and Ellipses · Slashes and Brackets · Question Marks and Exclamation Points · Block Quotes

A sentence containing a quotation is punctuated exactly like any other sentence apart from the addition of the quotation marks You should not insert additional Double quotation marks are used for direct quotations and titles of compositions such as books, plays, movies, songs, lectures and TV shows

Find out how to integrate quotations purposefully and smoothly into your writing Quotation is one way to incorporate what you've read into your writing If A quotation is the repetition of a sentence, phrase, or passage from speech or text that someone has said or written In oral speech, it is the representation