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Any quotation taken word for word from a source must be enclosed in quotation marks and cited. This is called a(n)

Adirect quotation.
Bend citation.
Cparaphrased statement.
Dplagiarized statement

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The answer is A. direct quotation.

This is because it's taken directly and word-for-word from a source, enclosed in quotation marks and cited. It's very direct and precise, hence 'direct quotation'. And since it was cited, it was not stolen or plagiarized.