Using quotes in an essay?

Question

after reading a book for English class i have to write a paper and i'm using quotes from the book. how do i correctly put the quote in my paper?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Find a quote that you want to use.

In your essay, put the quote in quotation marks and then at the end of the quote, and don't put in a period/question mark/ ect. Then put the page number in parenthesize( ) and THEN ad the punctuation.

then explain why you used your quote.

Example:

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet"(73). When Juliet said this, she was referring to the way that Romeo would still be the same person she loved whatever his name was...