Citation Resources: APA 7 - Direct Quotations

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

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. 

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.