How do you quote thoughts in an essay?

How do you quote thoughts in an essay?

(The first person singular is I, the first person plural is we.) Example: I lied, Charles thought, but maybe she will forgive me. Notice that quotation marks and other punctuation are used as if the character had spoken aloud. You may also use italics without quotation marks for direct internal dialogue.

How do you write what someone is thinking?

If you’re writing fiction, you may style a character’s thoughts in italics or quotation marks. Using italics has...