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1 .       It is always better to quote a source than to simply paraphrase or summarize it. 

 
 


2 .       One cardinal rule for quoting sources is that your quotations must be accurate. 

 
 


3 .       Ellipses are used to indicate part of a quotation that has been left out in the middle or at the end of the quoted material. 

 
 


4 .       Brackets, as well as ellipses, are used to indicate part of a quotation that has been left out in the middle of quoted material. 

 
 


5 .       A lengthy quotation, which must be set apart from the main text in blocked paragraphs, is any quotation over forty words in length. 

 
 






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