Bluebook Block Quote Margins

Block quotations are not surrounded by any quotation marks.

Bluebook block quote margins. Guidelines for using block quotations. The ending citation is included on the last line of the block quotation. Headers and page numbers. Block quotations should be introduced with a proper lead in usually followed by a colon.

Things to remember about block quotes. Dont startend the quote with quotation marks any internal quotes should be double quotes only indent the quote if the quote itself is the beginning. Single spacing is required. The block quote may be single spaced.

Indent the entire quotation five spaces from the left and right margins. The punctuation at the end of the block quotation goes before the citation. This standard serves the purpose of not having readers feel as if theyre mired in a quotation from which theyll never emerge. The bluebook says that any quotation of more than 50 words must be set off in a block.

See bluebook rule 51. The block format is a freestanding quote that does not include quotation marks. 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. You may have noticed this in your own reading.

Dont startend the quote with quotation marks. Because of the way block quotes are separated from the rest of the text many readers do not read them. A block quote is always used when quoting dialogue between characters as in a play. A citation that follows a block quotation should not begin at the left margin but be intended double spaced and placed below the blockquote.

Pages filled with citations and block quotations. Block quotes according to the bluebook rules any quotation that is 50 words or longer must be formatted as a block quote. Indent the entire quote inch or 5 7 spaces. See bluebook rule 51.

See bluebook rule 51. Today well focus just on the latter. For quotations of 50 words or more the following formatting instructions should be followed. Remember that any direct quote of 50 words or more should be offset from the text as a block quote.

The citation to the quoted material should not appear with the block quote but rather should appear on the next full line after the block quote and justified with the left margin for text other than block quotes. Things to remember about block quotes. If you need to cite a source that is quoted or cited in a source provided in the packet follow this format. The chicago manual of style suggests that a quotation of 100 words or more at least six to eight lines of text should be set off.

The entire block quotation is indented 05 inches the same as the indentation for a new paragraph and is double spaced. It shows an end in sight. Quotations of fifty words and over contd do not use quotation marks around block quotes unless you have an imbedded quote within the block quote in which case that quote should be. Introduce the block quote with a colon unless the context of your quote requires different punctuation and start it on a new line.

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