Often in writings and other texts, it is required to quote literally someone else's words or excerpts from the text. This is done to confirm their opinion, for greater expressiveness of what was said. This excerpt from other texts is called a quote.
A quote is someone’s words quoted verbatim. If you use other people's words to clarify and reinforce your thoughts, you must be able to correctly quote the quote. What is a quote, not everyone knows, so they often use other people's words, passing them off as their own, and this is a violation of copyright. To prevent this from happening, when using a quote
it is necessary to indicate a link to the source from where these words were taken, and mention the name of the author of the quote.
Words taken from another author must be enclosed in quotation marks or written as direct speech. You can use citation in the form of indirect speech, then the author’s words begin with a small letter. Introductory constructions are sometimes used: "According to ...", "According to ...", "The author believes that ..." and others. Poetic lines are not enclosed in quotation marks, but are written in compliance with the rules of versification.
What is a quote online? In electronic form, a quote can be highlighted in bold or in angle brackets; in addition, it is customary to indicate on the Internet a link to the source from which this quote was taken. The copyright icon is sometimes used to indicate that the phrase is borrowed from someone.
What is a quote, every student knows. Not a single essay, especially in literature, can be written without their use. After all, the epigraph to the works is also a quote. How to correctly place punctuation marks when using quotes is studied at school, and not everyone knows how to fill out quotes.
The author’s text should be transmitted verbatim, without distortion of meaning. If you abbreviate a quotation using not all words, then you need to put an ellipsis instead of missing words. In no case can you convey in your own words a poetic text. It must be reproduced verbatim, necessarily indicating the author and the title of the work. Sometimes a quote is made out as an indirect speech, in which case it is permissible to slightly change the form of the words so that they fit into the context. It is undesirable to use too voluminous quotes, it is better to choose from them the words that you need to confirm your thoughts, and instead of missing words put an ellipsis.
Most often, citation is used in scientific papers, because they always require accuracy of presentation. Usually in such cases, at the end, the sources are listed, from
which quotes are taken, and in the text itself you can only specify the name of the author. A school essay is also a work in which quotes are necessarily used, and schoolchildren with their help confirm their thoughts. Even works of art cannot do without quotes: using the words of someone in the epigraph, the author tries to express his thoughts more clearly and accurately. A smart quote helps speakers to attract the attention of listeners, and more accurately express their thoughts. Quotations are often used to contrast one’s opinion with another.
What is a quote, you need to know everyone who writes various works and essays or speaks in public. Pupils, students, writers, and ordinary people should know how to properly quote a text and speech.