If your quotation is less than 40 words long, the other person's words should be. Note that no quotation marks are needed if you are using a block quote.
From the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) Long quotations Place direct quotations that are 40 words, or longer, in a free-standing block of typewritten lines, and omit quotation marks. Start the quotation on a new line, indented 1/2 inch from the left margin, i.e., in the same place you would begin a new paragraph.
Type the entire quotation on the new margin, and indent the first line of any subsequent paragraph within the quotation 1/2 inch from the new margin. Maintain double-spacing throughout. The parenthetical citation should come after the closing punctuation mark.
APA requires that any quotation over 40 words be started on a new line, indented.5 inches from the margin, double spaced without quotation marks, essentially a block quote. Here's how:. Hit enter before the first word of the quote, and after the last word of the quote. Highlight the text. Right click and select paragraph.
Under indent change left to.5' Example: Miele (1993) found the following: The “placebo effect,” which had been verified in previous studies, disappeared when behaviors were studied in this manner. Furthermore, the behaviors were never exhibited again italics added, even when reel sic drugs were administered.
276) See more about in text citations on the Formatting, Tips & Sample P apers tab of the Cite APA Style libguide (link below).