1. Introduce the quotation with a complete sentence and a colon.
2. Use an introductory or explanatory phrase but not a complete sentence separated from the quotation with a comma.
3. Make the quotation a part of your own sentence without any punctuation between your own words and the words you are quoting.
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The three main purposes for writing are to persuade, inform, and entertain.
The speaker maintains that to burn a flag is an act of freedom of speech, which is among the things the flag represents.
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