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SOC 4150 Gender, Race, Violence: APA 7 - Direct Quotations

APA Direct Quotations Examples

American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association: The official guide to APA style (Seventh ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

APA Block Quotes Examples

Below you have two different examples of a block quote:

  • Use a block quote when the quote is more than 40 words in length.  
  • Do not use quotation marks around the quote.
  • Start on a new line and indent the quote .5" and double-space the entire quotation.  Do not add extra space before or after the quotation.
  • Place the final punctuation BEFORE the in-text citation. 

APA block quote

APA block quote

American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association: The official guide to APA style (Seventh ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, p. 272.