Question

All of the following are important reasons to include direct quotations in your writing except __________.

to add powerful emphasis to your ideas
to add length to short, boring essays
to add strong support to your claims
to add important credibility to the piece

Answer 1

to add length to short, boring essays

Answer 2

Quotations add emphasis to ideas, so A is out. If quotations add emphasis to ideas then they also add strong support to claims therefore C is out. Quotations add credibility to writing as well so D is out. Therefore B is the right answer, you would not include direct quotations in a story to add length to a  boring story.