User:Mdd/Prose quotation

The term prose quotation is literally a quotation from a work of prose. Prose quotations can be divided in "short prose quotations" and "long quotations." (Don LePan et al., 2015)

Quotations on prose quotation

Quotes

19th century

Silius Italicus, Statius, and Claudian, are here placed very low in the scale of perfection, and but few words are bestowed on them. Lucan, however, has not been treated in so summary a manner; and the writer seems to estimate his merits and. defects very justly, except in giving a long prose quotation from his Pharsalia.
- "Review of Jean-François de La Harpe's Lycée, ou Cours de littérature, (1799)", in: Appendix of the thirdly-third volume of the Monthly Review, p. 463

In the New Testament, all quotations from the Old are marked in the common manner, (“ ”): some quotations from the heathen poets, (as Acts xvii. 28. 1 Cor. xv. 33. Titus i. 12,) some repetitions of what had been said on a former occasion, (as Matt. iii. 17,) and some proverbs, are marked with a single quotation, (‘’). Beside this, the reader will observe that the prose quotations from the Old Testament in the New, are immediately distinguishable; the letters composing the words of such quotations being interspaced. Quotations from the poetic books of the Old Testament, are printed in the common poetic form, without the marks of quotation.
- James Nourse (1836) The Holy Bible ... Arranged in Paragraphs.

The volume of Selections in Verse may be used with advantage. The pieces are extracted from our best poets, and each is introduced by a prose quotation, appropriately chosen from some standard writer. They will serve the double purpose of either being committed to memory, or used as reading lessons. — Edinburgh Advertiser.
- Edward Hughes (F.R.A.S.) (1853). Select specimens of English prose: explanatory notes and questions. p. 548

I HAVE now the satisfaction of presenting to the public the third of the series of Dictionaries of English Literature originally projected about a quarter of a century since. In these works I have had the great advantage of profiting by the labours of my predecessors in the same fertile fields. The Dictionaries of Johnson, Webster, and Worcester, and the excellent compilation of Henry Southgate entitled “Many Thoughts of Many Minds,” First Series, have furnished me with many quotations; but the most valuable portions of the present volume have been derived from the “Tatlers” and “Spectators” of Addison and Steele, “The Rambler” of Dr. Johnson, the works of Sir Thomas Browne, Edmund Burke, Robert Hall, and Montaigne, and the vigorous, brilliant, and thoughtful “Essays” of Lord Macaulay.
- Samuel Austin Allibone (1880) Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay: With Indexes.

1900 - 1949

In view of the title it is but natural to expect that the Bible should occupy a much larger place than is actually found to be the case. Many of the studies use a quotation from the Bible as a starting place for a flight of the imagination or an excursion into the broad fields of literature. They are in the main delightful excursions, but they are hardly Biblical. For example—the study entitled "Sitting Down Upon the Green Grass" twice refers to this saying in connection with the feeding of the five thousand, twice quotes parts of sentences from other parts of the Bible, entirely apart from their setting, and once alludes to Mary and Martha. There are twelve quotations from the poets, including Wordsworth, Gray, Bryant, Cowper and Virgil and numerous prose quotations and classical allusions. About this same relative proportion is maintained throughout the book.
- Harris B. Stewart. Review of "Biblical Nature Studies, by Andrew Archibald, 1915" in: Auburn Seminary Record, Vol. 12. (1915), p. 80

A prose quotation of less than five lines or a verse quotation of only one line is indicated by quotation marks and written as part of the regular text; that is, no break in the line is made. (For the use of quotation marks, see rules 21.42 to 21.52.) A longer prose or a longer verse quotation is "blocked"; that is, the quotation itself begins on a new line. In a typed manuscript a blocked prose quotation is single-spaced, set in half as far as the indentation of a paragraph, and not placed in quotation marks; in script these three practices are not observed, but a line is left blank after the close of the quotation. A blocked verse quotation is treated similarly except for being centered. For the sake of uniformity, a short quotation used in connection with a blocked quotation is also blocked. An omission in a quotation is indicated by three dots — with the addition of a fourth if the omitted portion was followed by a period. Explanatory words inserted by the person doing the quoting are enclosed in brackets.
- Kies (1936). Writers Manual and Workbook. p. 135

1950 - 1999

An extended prose quotation centered and set off in this manner need not be enclosed in quotation marks, provided that the language of the text shows that it is a quotation and proper credit is given in a footnote.
- Edilberto K. Tiempo, ‎Edith L. Tiempo (1967). College Writing and Reading, p. 515

When a prose quotation consists of five or more typed lines, the entire quotation should be idented five spaces from the left margin, single spaced and transcribed with no quotation marks.
- Billy Lawrence Turney, ‎George Paul Robb (1971). Research in education: an introduction. p. 181

2000 -

Extensive quotations separated from your own prose
Prose quotation of more than sixty words and verse quotation of more than one line should be separated from your commentary, set off by a colon, and indented. Do not use quotation marks with indented quotations: that this is a quotation. But lengthy quotation should be used very sparingly...
- Rebecca Stott, ‎Rick Rylance, ‎Anna Snaith (2000). Making Your Case: A Practical Guide to Essay Writing. p.137

Writers have a variety of reasons for including the results of research in their essays. Outside sources can help support or clarify authors' points, or can provide opposing arguments against which authors can make their own case. Sources are also useful in showing where a paper can be located in the wider conversation among writers engaged by the same subject. At the very least, including source material is one way writers can show that they are acquainted with the latest thinking on their topics. Whatever the reasons for incorporating research into their essays, good writers are careful in how they do so, making sure to document their sources accurately and completely. This is, first of all, a service to readers who would like to embark on a fuller investigation into the topic of a paper by looking up its sources themselves...
- Don LePan, ‎Doug Babington, ‎Maureen Okun (2015) The Broadview Guide to Writing. Sixth Edition, p. 11

Short Prose Quotations
What counts as a short prose quotation differs among the various reference guides. In MLA style, “short” means up to four lines; in APA, up to forty words; and in Chicago Style, up to one hundred words. All the guides agree, however, that short quotations must be enclosed in double quotation marks...
Long Quotations
In APA style, longer quotations of forty words or more should be double-spaced and indented, as a block, about one-half inch from the left margin. Do not include quotation marks; the indentation indicates that the words come exactly from the source. Note that indented quotations are usually introduced with a full sentence followed by a colon.
- Don LePan, ‎Doug Babington, ‎Maureen Okun (2015) The Broadview Guide to Writing. Sixth Edition, p. 621

The source of a displayed prose quotation may be given in the text. It may, for example, follow the end of the quotation in parentheses after an em space, or be ranged right on the measure of the quotation, either on the line on which the quotation ends, if there is room, or on the following line:.
- Oxford Reference (2014). New Hart's Rules: The Oxford Style Guide. p. 165

External links

How to Quote Prose – Dr. Mark Womack