34:
222:
Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them men of much greater profundity than they really are. From this complaisance the critics have been emboldened to assume a dictatorial power, and have so far succeeded that they are now become the masters,
194:
to 1 in or 1 to 2 cm indent). Some writers indent block quotations from the right margin as well. Block quotations are generally set off from the text that precedes and follows them by also adding extra space above and below the quotation and setting the text in smaller type. Barring
157:(8th edition, 2007) recommends using a block quotation when cited text is five lines or longer. Other sources set the threshold at four or five lines. The block quotation may also be used to distinguish shorter citations from original text, though strictly speaking this does not follow
184:. In addition, setting an indent based on an exact number of spaces may not be technically possible in a given word processing or electronic publishing application. In these situations, a measurement of distance rather than a number of spaces may be prescribed instead (for example, a
133:
Apart from quotation marks not being used to enclose block quotations, there are no hard-and-fast rules for the exact formatting of block quotations. To a large extent the specific format may be dictated by the method of publication (e.g.
210:. Often combinations of these methods are used, but are not necessary. Block quotations are also visually distinguished from preceding and following main text blocks by a white line or half-line space. For example:
125:
books, they could be repeated at the beginning of every line of a long quotation. When this practice was abandoned, the empty margin remained, leaving an indented block quotation.
340:
396:
316:
259:
79:
recommends using a block quotation when extracted text is 100 words or more, or approximately six to eight lines in a typical manuscript.
206:, block quotations can be distinguished from the surrounding text by variation in typeface (often italic vs. roman), type size, or by
57:
in a written document that is set off from the main text as a paragraph, or block of text, and typically distinguished visually using
348:
117:
were first cut in type during the middle of the sixteenth century, and were used copiously by some printers by the seventeenth. In
33:
251:
75:
91:, quotations were distinguished merely by indicating the speaker, and this can still be seen on some editions of the
309:
A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations : Chicago Style for students and researchers
207:
58:
166:
223:
and have the assurance to give laws to those authors from whose predecessors they originally received them.
199:, making the quotation pleasing to the eye, easy to read, and appropriate for the particular writing task.
143:
244:
430:
425:
172:
Some guidelines suggest an indentation of five, ten, or fifteen spaces. However, five spaces in a
269:
181:
20:
392:
322:
312:
255:
111:, or the other way round). Block quotations were set this way at full size and full measure.
420:
415:
281:
195:
specific requirements, the format of the block quotation will ultimately be determined by
122:
66:
114:
409:
386:
203:
135:
104:
96:
88:
196:
139:
108:
326:
162:
158:
54:
19:
This article is about the text quotation style. For the HTML element, see
177:
173:
147:
100:
62:
118:
27:
92:
165:
guidelines. Use of the block quotation for shorter passages is a
65:
or smaller size font. This is in contrast to setting it off with
169:
that may or may not be acceptable depending on the situation.
214:
Fielding hides his own opinions on the matter deep in
243:
73:. Block quotations are used for long quotations.
99:, quotations were distinguished by setting in a
26:For Knowledge (XXG)'s blockquote guideline, see
212:
37:Heavily-stylized example of a block quotation
8:
103:contrasting with the main body text (often
368:
294:
311:. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
242:"Quotations and Dialogue (Chapter 13)".
32:
234:
16:Specially typeset quotation in document
277:
267:
7:
250:(17th ed.). Chicago, Illinois:
341:"Using Quotes in a Research Paper"
246:The Chicago Manual of Style Online
14:
388:The Elements of Typographic Style
176:may be much narrower than in a
254:. 2017. pp. 13.22–13.24.
1:
347:. 2008-12-04. Archived from
385:Bringhurst, Robert (2002).
252:University of Chicago Press
155:The Chicago Manual of Style
76:The Chicago Manual of Style
449:
87:In the first centuries of
25:
18:
153:For writers and editors,
391:. Hartley & Marks.
307:Turabian, Kate (2013).
226:
225:
38:
220:
144:electronic publishing
36:
39:
21:blockquote element
398:978-0-88179-132-7
318:978-0-226-81638-8
261:978-0-226-28705-8
174:proportional font
146:) as well as the
45:(also known as a
438:
402:
372:
371:, p. 40–41.
366:
360:
359:
357:
356:
345:original-ink.net
337:
331:
330:
304:
298:
292:
286:
285:
279:
275:
273:
265:
249:
239:
193:
192:
188:
167:stylistic choice
61:and a different
448:
447:
441:
440:
439:
437:
436:
435:
406:
405:
399:
384:
381:
376:
375:
369:Bringhurst 2002
367:
363:
354:
352:
339:
338:
334:
319:
306:
305:
301:
295:Bringhurst 2002
293:
289:
276:
266:
262:
241:
240:
236:
231:
190:
186:
185:
178:typewriter font
131:
123:Romantic-period
115:Quotation marks
85:
67:quotation marks
43:block quotation
31:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
446:
445:
442:
434:
433:
428:
423:
418:
408:
407:
404:
403:
397:
380:
377:
374:
373:
361:
332:
317:
299:
287:
260:
233:
232:
230:
227:
130:
127:
84:
81:
47:long quotation
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
444:
443:
432:
429:
427:
424:
422:
419:
417:
414:
413:
411:
400:
394:
390:
389:
383:
382:
378:
370:
365:
362:
351:on 2008-12-04
350:
346:
342:
336:
333:
328:
324:
320:
314:
310:
303:
300:
297:, p. 86.
296:
291:
288:
283:
271:
263:
257:
253:
248:
247:
238:
235:
228:
224:
219:
217:
211:
209:
205:
200:
198:
183:
179:
175:
170:
168:
164:
160:
156:
151:
149:
145:
141:
137:
128:
126:
124:
120:
116:
112:
110:
106:
102:
98:
95:. During the
94:
90:
82:
80:
78:
77:
72:
68:
64:
60:
56:
52:
48:
44:
35:
29:
22:
387:
364:
353:. Retrieved
349:the original
344:
335:
308:
302:
290:
245:
237:
221:
215:
213:
201:
180:of the same
171:
154:
152:
150:being used.
132:
113:
86:
74:
71:run-in quote
70:
50:
46:
42:
40:
278:|work=
208:indentation
204:typesetting
140:typewritten
136:handwritten
105:Italic type
97:Renaissance
89:typesetting
59:indentation
431:Quotations
426:Typography
410:Categories
355:2021-12-02
229:References
197:aesthetics
182:point size
142:pages, or
129:Formatting
327:811239038
280:ignored (
270:cite book
216:Tom Jones
163:MLA style
55:quotation
148:typeface
101:typeface
63:typeface
421:Writing
416:Grammar
379:Sources
189:⁄
119:Baroque
83:Origins
53:) is a
51:extract
395:
325:
315:
258:
138:text,
28:MOS:BQ
109:roman
107:with
93:Bible
69:in a
393:ISBN
323:OCLC
313:ISBN
282:help
256:ISBN
121:and
202:In
161:or
159:APA
49:or
412::
343:.
321:.
274::
272:}}
268:{{
218::
41:A
401:.
358:.
329:.
284:)
264:.
191:2
187:1
30:.
23:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
