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Describe how to accurately turn the words of an author into a direct quote.

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Use double quotation marks (“”) and recite the quote verbatim, and then give credit
Example: In his 1925 novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote “in my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since.”
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