The Use of Quotations within Your Dissertations
A dissertation manual of style describes the referencing and citations formatting that is often required during the writing of a graduate level dissertation.
Author and date
Including an author’s name and the date on which it was published is appropriate. The work that is referenced is usually formatted to include to the date where the content was first mentioned and by who it was delivered. Usually this involves mentioning the author’s surname and the publication year. Suffixes like Esq., Jr., etc. are omitted for clarity. For example: (Shakespeare, 1600).
Quotations
There are many ways to insert quotations directly into a piece:
* After delivering a complete sentence, the the quotation is paced after placement of a colon (:).
* On the other hand a short introductory phrase can be used like: According to, or In the words of, followed by the author’s name, a comma, followed by the quotation.
* The person’s name along with an adequate verb such as ‘stated’, or ‘proclaimed’, or ‘declared’ followed by the quotation can be mentioned.<ref name = warwick/>
Ellipses
Ellipses are appropriate if text has been omitted. It is be understood that ellipses are not required at the beginning of a sentence. Ellipses are used when the writer wants to omit words from the middle of the quotations.<ref name = warwick/>
Single Word Quotations
Utilizing quotations as they were used originally is appropriate. If an author's name needs to be mentioned, then the entire quotation where the term was first used can be employed.<ref name = warwick/>
Punctuation Marks
Quotations that are well punctuated follow these recommendations:
* Quotations are appropriate at the beginning and end quotation marks for run-in quotations.
* When commas or periods are used, they can be placed inside the quotation marks.
* It is acceptable that all other punctuation marks go outside the quotation marks.
* When a quotation itself contain another quotation usually the inner most quotation begins and ends with single quotation marks.<ref name = warwick/>
Author and date
Including an author’s name and the date on which it was published is appropriate. The work that is referenced is usually formatted to include to the date where the content was first mentioned and by who it was delivered. Usually this involves mentioning the author’s surname and the publication year. Suffixes like Esq., Jr., etc. are omitted for clarity. For example: (Shakespeare, 1600).
Quotations
There are many ways to insert quotations directly into a piece:
* After delivering a complete sentence, the the quotation is paced after placement of a colon (:).
* On the other hand a short introductory phrase can be used like: According to, or In the words of, followed by the author’s name, a comma, followed by the quotation.
* The person’s name along with an adequate verb such as ‘stated’, or ‘proclaimed’, or ‘declared’ followed by the quotation can be mentioned.<ref name = warwick/>
Ellipses
Ellipses are appropriate if text has been omitted. It is be understood that ellipses are not required at the beginning of a sentence. Ellipses are used when the writer wants to omit words from the middle of the quotations.<ref name = warwick/>
Single Word Quotations
Utilizing quotations as they were used originally is appropriate. If an author's name needs to be mentioned, then the entire quotation where the term was first used can be employed.<ref name = warwick/>
Punctuation Marks
Quotations that are well punctuated follow these recommendations:
* Quotations are appropriate at the beginning and end quotation marks for run-in quotations.
* When commas or periods are used, they can be placed inside the quotation marks.
* It is acceptable that all other punctuation marks go outside the quotation marks.
* When a quotation itself contain another quotation usually the inner most quotation begins and ends with single quotation marks.<ref name = warwick/>
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