Quoting Format

PUNCUATION WHEN INTRODUCING QUOTES

1. When you use an entire sentence to introduce a quote, put a colon after the sentence.
Holden describes to Phoebe what hed really like to be in life: What I have to do, I have to catch
everybody if they start to go over the cliff-I mean if theyre running and they dont look where
theyre going I have to come form somewhere and catch them !"alinger #$%&'
2. When a dependent clause OR a dependent word is at the end of a quote introduction, use
a comma.
Holden describes to Phoebe what hed really like to be in life when he says, What I have to do, I
have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff-I mean if theyre running and they dont
look where theyre going I have to come form somewhere and catch them !"alinger #$%&'
3. When integrating smoothly your own words or phrases from the text, no commas are
needed before writing the quote.
When describing all these little kids (laying in the big field of rye, Holden tells Phoebe that he
would like to be the catcher in the rye !"alinger #$%&'
PARENTHETICAL RFERENCE- How to cite your source
1. When using a quote of less than four lines, remoe the ending punctuation except for the
end quotation mar!, put the author"s name and page number#s$ in parenthesis and put a
period after the parenthesis.
Holden describes to Phoebe what hed really like to be in life: What I have to do, I have to catch
everybody if they start to go over the cliff-I mean if theyre running and they dont look where
theyre going to have to come form somewhere and catch them !"alinger #$#&'
2. %f the quote ends in a exclamation or question mar!, !eep the original punctuation at the
end of the quote and put a period after the parenthetical reference.
When Phoebe and Holden are discussing their dead brother, )llie, Holden asks Phoebe, I can
still think of him, though, cant I* !"alinger #$#&'
3. When using a quote that is four or more typed lines, begin quote on the next line, indent
the entire quote ten spaces, remoe quotation mar!s, and !eep the original ending
punctuation of the quote with no punctuation after the parenthetical reference.
Holden describes to Phoebe what hed really like to be in life:
What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff-I mean if
theyre running and they dont look where theyre going I have to come form somewhere
and catch them' +hats all Id do all day' Id ,ust be the catcher in the rye and all' I know
its cra-y, but thats the only thing Id really like to be' I know its cra-y' !"alinger #$%&
&. When wanting to incorporate only part of the quote use ellipsis.
Holden describes to Phoebe what hed really like to be in life: what I have to do, I have to catch
everybody if they start to go over the cliff.Id ,ust be the catcher in the rye !"alinger #$%&'