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• Steps
• Method 1 of 4: Retweet
• Method 2 of 4: How to quote tweets in documents
• Method 3 of 4: Quoting an APA Tweet
• Method 4 of 4: Quoting a Chicago-Style Tweet

As mass media grows, there is more and more need to quote from social media posts. If you need to quote a post, here are some instructions on how you can do it:

Steps

Method 1 of 4: Retweet

1. 1 Copy the message you want to share and retweet it. This will work if the message is 140 characters long. This is the most effective method.
   • After you have copied your message, open the message box and paste your message.
2. 2 Use the RT prefix and the author's @username. This will indicate that the retweeted content is not yours. This is the best way to quote a post.
   • You can also comment on the post. For example: Wow! RT (@username) "Quoting tweets is so easy."
3. 3 Click Tweet so your friends can see the message.

Method 2 of 4: How to quote tweets in documents

1. 1 Quote tweets in text. When quoting a tweet in the main body of a document, include the real name of the author.
   • You can include the full name of the author or include the last name of the author in brackets.
     • Example: As John Doe said, "Quoting tweets is easy."
     • Example: It seems like "Quoting Tweets is easy" (Doe).
   • Use the author's real name. If you do not know the name, use the nickname.
     • Example: Quoting a tweet “is just as easy that even a monkey could do it” (First Name Last Name).
2. 2 Post a whole tweet to your page. When you add information about a quote on your page, you need to indicate the real name of the author or nickname.
   • Please enter the full name of the author First Name Last Name. Enter the username in parentheses.
   • Write the entire tweet in quotation marks, with the quotation in parentheses.
   • Enter the approximate date and time of the tweet.
   • At the end of the quote, add the word "Tweet" to indicate the author.
   • Example: Doe, John (JohnDoeExampleName). "Quoting tweets is easy." 18 July 2013, 12:00 p.m. Tweet.
   • Example: First name, Last name. "Just learned how to tweet. It's (just as easy that even a monkey could do it)." 18 July 2013, 12:00 p.m. Tweet.

Method 3 of 4: Quoting an APA Tweet

1. 1 Quote the tweet using a sentence and parentheses. If you know the author's real name, include the author's last name in the tweet quote. In parentheses, write the name of the author.
   • If no real name is provided, a nickname is sufficient.
   • You can quote all or part of a tweet.
   • Write the year the tweet was posted after you wrote the username in parentheses.
   • Example: As Doe said, “Quoting tweets is easy” (JohnDoeExampleName, 2013).
   • Example: Quoting tweets “is just as easy that even a monkey could do it” (RandomExampleUsername, 2013).
2. 2 Include in a footnote the information about the tweet on your page. There should be enough information to easily track the tweet.
   • Please include the author's name as a link, ending with a period.
   • Write the date (year-month-day) in parentheses.
   • Capitalize the tweet and do not use quotation marks after the date.
   • Indicate that it is “Twitter post” in parentheses with a period at the end.
   • Link to the tweet by adding the phrase “Retrieved from.” in the end. Don't put a period after the link.
   • Example: JohnDoeExampleName. (2013, July 18). Quoting tweets is easy [Twitter post]. Retweeted from http://twitter.com/JohnDoeExampleName/status/00000000

Method 4 of 4: Quoting a Chicago-Style Tweet

1. 1 Quote the tweet in the text by adding it to the sentence. You don't need to use brackets for the Chicago style. You can include the author's name and username before quoting a tweet.
   • If you are quoting a tweet, include the full author name using @namelastname in parentheses.
   • Optionally, you can present the quote as a tweet and indicate when the date and time of the tweet publication.
   • Example: On a tweet posted on July 18, 2013, John Doe (@JohnDoeExampleName) wrote, "Quoting tweets is easy."
   • Example: To a tweet posted on July 18, 2013, FirstName said "It's so easy that even a monkey could do it."
2. 2 Post a tweet in your footnotes. For Chicago style, use quotation marks for footnote text, where footnotes are used instead of the Bibliography page.
   • Write the author's real name FirstNameSurname, followed by a comma.
   • Indicate that the quote is a tweet by adding another comma at the end.
   • Write the date and time the tweet was posted, using a comma at the beginning and end.
   • Add a link to the user's tweet. At the end, put a full stop.
   • Example: John Doe, Twitter post, July 18, 2013, 1:00 p.m., http://twitter.com/JohnDoeExampleName.
   • Example: Username, Twitter post, July 18, 2013, 1:00 p.m., http://twitter.com/Username.
3. 3 Also, post your tweets to the bibliography. If you are using bibliography instead of footnotes, add the same information in the link.
   • The information will be the same as in the footnote, but the punctuation will be different.
   • Please enter the author's real name First Name Last Name.
   • Write the date and time of the posting of the tweet, separating it with a comma and a period.
   • Add a link to the user's tweet. Don't put a full stop at the end.
   • Example: Doe, John. Twitter post. July 18, 2013, 1:00 p.m. http://twitter.com/JohnDoeExampleName
   • Example: UserName. Twitter post. July 18, 2013, 1:00 p.m. http://twitter.com/Username