<span>After deciding what topic to tackle, the next thing that one should do is brainstorm to get initial ideas. The gathering and arranging of ideas happens in the brainstorming.When ideas are already gathered and chosen, this is now the time to draft a thesis statement. A thesis statement takes time because it should be a restricted thesis statement wherein the topic and scope of the study should be very specific and have a clear target.</span>
No, unless you have to, or some instructions say to.
The second option is the correct one.
The correct answer is parentheses.
When you are quoting somebody's words, first you are going to use the quotation marks ("), then cite the quotation, write a period, and close the quotation with the marks again. In order to avoid plagiarism, you have to cite your sources. This means that you need to use the parentheses, where you are going to write where you took that citation from.
For example:
<em>What characterizes romantic poetry is the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).</em>
As you can see, the source (Wordsworth) is written in the parentheses, along with the page number.
Your answers do not work, as they are just capitalized versions :(
"When I was in North Africa I read the Cairo news every morning."
