Planning the quotes paragraph of a journalistic report

Quotes from witnesses or experts give additional information about the event being reported on. Quotes from witnesses are often more informal in language and tone from the rest of the report. A reporting clause is used either before or after speech to tell the reader who the quote is from. Inverted commas are used to demarcate speech and a piece of punctuation separates speech from the reporting clause. A range of synonyms for 'said' and use of adverbs can offer detail about the emotions of the witness.