Direct quotation means word for word, word for word. Direct quotation can prove the authority of a point of view or text, preserve the original text of the quoted content and emphasize the accuracy of the quoted content. When making a direct quotation, the quotation should be as short as possible. If the quotation is too long, that is, more than half a page, it should be placed in the appendix and explained in the text.

When quoting directly, the original text must be enclosed in quotation marks, and the specific page number should be indicated in addition to the author and publication year. There is a space between the author and the number. If the author to be quoted is mentioned in the article, and it is a direct quotation, the publication year should be indicated in brackets immediately after his surname, and then the specific page number should be indicated in brackets after the quoted quotation marks.

Precautions:

1 double quotation marks indicate direct reference, and single quotation marks are only used to mark references in references.

Quotations should not be written in italics or bold.

3. A practical parenthesis method for quoting sources (footnotes or endnotes are generally not used)

Sentences shorter than three lines or quotations shorter than one sentence should be written in the text and marked with double quotes. In the text, brackets are placed in punctuation marks at the end of the sentence, but not in quotation marks.