Why A Quotation

When reading and writing you may come across some very strange looking sets of marks you might think are maybe smudges on the paper. These sets of two lines at the beginning and end of some sentences or statements is known as a Quotation Mark and they serve a very special purpose. Quotation Marks in fact mark the part of a sentence or paragraph that is being used from context of another authors work. Quotation Marks can come in different types being Indirect or Direct Quotations. An Indirect Quotation is when you are taking the idea along with key parts of an authors work and in your own words reiterating that authors words while crediting them fully for the quote. This Indirect Quotation does not need the normal quotation marks that a Direct Quotation would use but still giving the author proper citing of their work in the references section. A Direct Quotation uses quotation marks at the beginning and end of the quote you are using from the work an author has done. When using a Direct Quotation you are pulling that authors specific words straight from the work you are citing. Indirect Quotations often have their way in politics were media and political adversaries will indirectly quote someone often times leaving out key information or information that might have changed the perspective of an event in order to bend the truth. So why a Quotation Mark? Well unless you want your next college paper to get flagged for plagiarism and any college degrees stripped from you possibly years down the line than using Quotations is of the upmost importance.

References:

Purdue Writing Lab. (n.d.). Using Quotation Marks // Purdue Writing Lab. Retrieved from https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/punctuation/quotation_marks/index.html