<span><span><span>“The Japanese have a word for insular
which is literally the mental state of the people living on islands:shimaguni
konjo.”</span>
Normally, when you want to directly quote an
external source, as you may know, you will want to have quotation marks at the
beginning and ending of the quotation.
However, this is not always the case.
When a quotation is 40 words or
longer, the quotation marks should not be used and the quotation should be
formatted in block style instead of using quotation marks. Because the second
paragraph follows a colon after a lead-in/introductory statement, it is
understood that the entire second paragraph is a quotation. As such, because the following quotation
comes from the second paragraph, it is an example of a direct quotation: </span>“The Japanese have a word for insular
which is literally the mental state of the people living on islands:shimaguni
konjo.”</span>
