To create a block quote, follow these general guidelines which apply to common styles like APA and MLA:

• Use a block quote for quotations that are long: typically 40 words or more in APA, or more than four lines in MLA style.
• Start the block quote on a new line.
• Indent the entire block quote 0.5 inches from the left margin.
• Do not use quotation marks around the block quote.
• Double-space the block quote.
• Place the punctuation (usually a period) at the end of the quote before the citation.
• Include an in-text citation after the punctuation.
• After the block quote, continue your text on a new line without indentation.

For example, in APA style:

Begin with an introductory sentence ending with a colon:
(Indented block quote, double-spaced, no quotation marks)
(Period at the end of quote.) (Author, year, p. #)
Continue your paragraph here without indentation.

If the block quote contains multiple paragraphs, indent the first line of each new paragraph within the block quote as you would in normal text. In Markdown or simple text formatting, you can create a block quote by starting each line with a greater-than symbol > followed by a space. These formatting rules help clearly separate long quotations from your own writing and properly credit the source