- Quoting a section more than five lines, or two verses in poetry, requires indenting the passage as a block.
a. Indent all lines 10 spaces from the left margin.
b. Don't put an indented block in quotation marks.
c. Tell your readers in advance who is about to speak and what to be listening for.
d. Construct your lead-in sentence so that it ends with a colon.
e. Follow up a block quotation with commentary that reflects upon it and makes clear why you needed to quote it.
f. When using an in-text parenthetic citation, put your citation of a block quotation outside the period at the end of the last sentence.
Using Discursive Notes:
- Briefly amplify, qualify, or draw out implications of your argument.
- Announce a non-standard edition of your own translating.
- Direct your reader to further reading, or mention the ideas of another writer that are similar to yours.
- Explain something about your citing system, or about your use of terms, or about the meanings of your acronyms and abbreviations.
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