How to incorporate quotations in an essay...

First things first - the body of your essay is the place for a quotation, whereas you should not quote in the introduction or the conclusion.

A quotation can be incorporated in the following ways:

* Within a sentence -

eg. Dawe represents the plight of the wife in the line, 'One day soon he'll tell her it's time to start packing', reinforcing the power the husband wields over his family. Note - quote appears in quotation marks, preceded by a comma and followed by a comma.

* As the conclusion to the sentence -

eg. Dawe represents the plight of the wife and the power wielded by the husband in the line, 'One day soon he'll tell her it's time to start packing'. Note - quote appears in quotation marks, preceded by a comma and followed by a full stop.

* For a quotation of longer than two lines, the quotation must begin on a new line and should appear as the poem itself represents the lines -

eg. Dawe introduces the circumstances of the family in the first lines of the poem.

One day soon he'll tell her it's time to start packing
and the kids will yell 'Truly?' and get wildly excited for no reason
and the brown kelpie pup will start dashing about, tripping everyone up...

These lines convey the reactions of the family to the news of another impending move, from the excitement of the children to the craziness of the pet dog.
Note - quote does not require quotation marks as it is already clearly defined by one line space before and after.

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