{"id":3473825,"date":"2026-09-11T06:41:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T10:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=3473825"},"modified":"2026-10-06T10:43:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T14:43:42","slug":"quotations","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/glossary\/quotations\/","title":{"rendered":"quotations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Less is more when crafting direct quotes. Paraphrase easily verifiable facts; save direct quotes for opinion-type statements.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>How to punctuate quotes:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use quotation marks, not italics, around quotes.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">Periods and commas always go inside the quotation marks; dashes, semicolons, question marks, and exclamation points go outside unless they apply to the quoted material. <\/span><em style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">Will he show us how to find the place he described as \u201cthe world\u2019s most beautiful garden sanctuary\u201d? She asked the audience, \u201cWill you support this mission?\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">Use single quotation marks for quotes within a quote: <\/span><em style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">\u201cJesus said, \u2018I am the way, the truth, and the life.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">citations:<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\"> Citations at the end of a quote should be in parentheses with the period at the end: <\/span><em style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">\u201cFor God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life\u201d (John 3:16). <\/em><span style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">Exception: <\/span><em style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">See<\/em><span style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\"> inset quotes below<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">epigraphs:<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\"> When a quote is being used as an epigraph at the beginning of a work, no quotation marks are needed; use an em dash before the citation: <\/span><em style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. \u2013John 3:16 See also <\/em><u style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">epigraph<\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Inset quotes:<\/strong> For longer quoted material, such as song lyrics, poetry, or a block quotation from a text, indent\/inset the quote and don\u2019t use quotation marks or italics. <em>(Chicago style) <\/em>If attribution is not included elsewhere, it can be listed in parentheses on a separate line.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He holds him with his skinny hand,<br \/>\n\u201cThere was a ship,\u201d quoth he.<br \/>\n\u201cHold off! Unhand me, grey-beard loon!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eftsoons his hand dropt he.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Coleridge, \u201cRime of the Ancient Mariner\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Less is more when crafting direct quotes. 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Paraphrase easily verifiable facts; save direct quotes for opinion-type statements.\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>How to punctuate quotes:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n \t<li>Use quotation marks, not italics, around quotes.<\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">Periods and commas always go inside the quotation marks; dashes, semicolons, question marks, and exclamation points go outside unless they apply to the quoted material. <\/span><em style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">Will he show us how to find the place he described as \u201cthe world\u2019s most beautiful garden sanctuary\u201d? She asked the audience, \u201cWill you support this mission?\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">Use single quotation marks for quotes within a quote: <\/span><em style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">\u201cJesus said, \u2018I am the way, the truth, and the life.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n \t<li><strong style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">citations:<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\"> Citations at the end of a quote should be in parentheses with the period at the end: <\/span><em style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">\u201cFor God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life\u201d (John 3:16). <\/em><span style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">Exception: <\/span><em style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">See<\/em><span style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\"> inset quotes below<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><strong style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">epigraphs:<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\"> When a quote is being used as an epigraph at the beginning of a work, no quotation marks are needed; use an em dash before the citation: <\/span><em style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. \u2013John 3:16 See also <\/em><u style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">epigraph<\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Inset quotes:<\/strong> For longer quoted material, such as song lyrics, poetry, or a block quotation from a text, indent\/inset the quote and don\u2019t use quotation marks or italics. <em>(Chicago style) <\/em>If attribution is not included elsewhere, it can be listed in parentheses on a separate line.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He holds him with his skinny hand,\n\u201cThere was a ship,\u201d quoth he.\n\u201cHold off! Unhand me, grey-beard loon!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eftsoons his hand dropt he.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Coleridge, \u201cRime of the Ancient Mariner\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"glossary-categories":[{"value":1976,"label":"Writing Style Guide"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jeremy Tackett","author_link":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/author\/jtackett\/"},"comment_info":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/3473825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/3473825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3491931,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/3473825\/revisions\/3491931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3473825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"glossary-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-categories?post=3473825"},{"taxonomy":"glossary-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-tags?post=3473825"},{"taxonomy":"glossary-languages","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-languages?post=3473825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}