Add the first-line indent
Style note2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions
A block quotation longer than one paragraph shows where each new paragraph begins by indenting its first line past the block's own margin; without it the paragraphs read as one passage.1
- 1R. 5.1(a)(iii) Paragraph structure. Tables: R. 5.1(a)(i) Indentation and quotation marks.
- 2A style note: the rule in note 1 allows both forms and prefers one.
More in 5.1 Formatting of Quotations
- Add the first-line indent
- Indent the block quotation on both sides
- Move the call number outside the closing mark
- Move the citation after the block quotation
- Move the punctuation inside the quotation mark
- Move the semicolon outside the mark
- Remove the indent from the first line
- Use a block quotation or remove the marks
- Use single quotation marks