Yes, you can quote yourself, and if you’re reusing wording or ideas from your own earlier work, you have to cite it, just like any other source. Quoting yourself means putting your own previously written words in quotation marks and citing the earlier paper. The reason is that failing to cite your own prior work…
To quote Shakespeare in MLA, cite by act, scene, and line numbers rather than page numbers, separated by periods: (Rom. 2.2.33–36) points to Romeo and Juliet, act 2, scene 2, lines 33 to 36. Use Arabic numerals, mark line breaks in verse with a slash, and use a block quote for passages longer than three…
To quote in a research paper, copy the source’s words exactly, wrap them in quotation marks, introduce them with a signal phrase, and follow them with an in-text citation that points to the source and page. Use a direct quote only when the original wording matters; otherwise paraphrase. The mechanics are the same across APA…
To quote a textbook in APA 7, put the quoted words in quotation marks and add an in-text citation with the author’s last name, the year, and the page number: (Rokach, 2005, p. 477). A textbook is cited exactly like any other book in APA, the fact that it is a textbook does not change…
To quote a speech, put the spoken words in quotation marks and cite the speaker, with a Works Cited entry that identifies the speech, the event, and the date. In MLA, the in-text citation is usually just the speaker’s last name in parentheses, plus a timestamp if you are quoting a recording. The details differ…
To cite a quote from a person, cite the source where you found the words, not the person alone. A quote you read in a book gets a book citation; one you heard in a speech gets a speech citation; a famous saying you found in a quote collection gets cited to that collection. The…
To cite a quote from a book, put the quoted words in quotation marks and follow them with an in-text citation that gives the author’s last name and the page the quote is on. In MLA that looks like (Smith 42); in APA it looks like (Smith, 2020, p. 42). The page number is required…
These “have a great school year” quotes are sorted by where you’ll use them: a short line for a card or lunchbox note, an attributed quote for a classroom board or newsletter, and a warmer message for a parent to a child. The attributed ones are credited to real people; the short wishes are common…
These hands-on learning quotes are real and attributed, sorted by use: lines for a classroom wall, quotes to open a lesson or workshop, and lines about learning by doing for a newsletter or presentation. Each is credited to a named source, and where a quote is often misattributed, the note says who actually said it….
These graduation quotes in Spanish come with English translations and are sorted by use: short lines for a cap or caption, attributed quotes for a card or speech, and warm messages to write to a graduate (“felicidades por tu graduación”). Spanish often carries a warmth that reads slightly formal in a literal English rendering, so…