English Composition › Section U · Handbook: grammar, style, and documentation › Topic U.10
Punctuating and formatting quotations
Earlier topics showed when to quote and how to weave quotations into your sentences. This handbook topic is the reference for the mechanics: which quotation marks to use, where the punctuation goes, and how MLA and APA set out dialogue, long passages and poetry.
In this topic
- Exact words, marked exactly
- Quotations within quotations
- Punctuation at the closing mark
- When a citation follows
- Dialogue
- Long prose quotations in MLA and APA
- Quoting poetry in MLA
- Worked example: four sentences, two styles
- Worked example: quoting a poem
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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