Using Quotes

“Grant struggles, at first without success, to restore a sense of human dignity to Jefferson, a semiliterate, cynical and bitter 21-year-old man, who accepts his own lawyer's depiction of him as "a hog" not worthy of the court's expense. The social distance between the college-educated Grant and Jefferson appears as great as that between the races, and class differences often frustrate their ability to communicate”(Senna).

If you wanted to use this quote in your paper, you take it from the article (copy and paste is fine but be sure to adjust font) and insert into a BODY paragraph in you essay. “Grant struggles, at first without success, to restore a sense of human dignity to Jefferson, a semiliterate, cynical and bitter 21-year-old man, who accepts his own lawyer's depiction of him as "a hog" not worthy of the court's expense. The social distance between the college-educated Grant and Jefferson appears as great as that between the races, and class differences often frustrate their ability to communicate”(Senna). After the quote, you would explain the quote in your own words and how it applies to your thesis. Never begin or end a paragraph with a quote.