If you quote two or more paragraphs, indent the first line of each paragraph an additional ¼ inch. Never in the delirious dream of a disordered brain could anything more savage, more appalling, more hellish be conceived than that dark form and savage face which broke upon us out of the wall of fog. Fire burst from its open mouth, its eyes glowed with a smouldering glare, its muzzle and hackles and dewlap were outlined in flickering flame. It is not until near the end of The Hound of the Baskervilles that the hound itself is actually seen:Ī hound it was, an enormous coal-black hound, but not such a hound as mortal eyes have ever seen. If you quote a single paragraph (or just part of one), do not indent the first line of the block quote more than the rest: Also include the author's last name, date of publication, and page number(s)/paragraph number. Include the page number at the end of your block quote outside of the ending period. Indent the entire quote 1-inch from the left margin and double-space it (even if the rest of your paper is not double-spaced). Introduce the block quote with a colon (unless the context of your quote requires different punctuation) and start it on a new line.

The block format is a freestanding quote that does not include quotation marks. A block quote is always used when quoting dialogue between characters, as in a play.

The block quote is used for direct quotations that are longer than four lines of prose, or longer than three lines of poetry.

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