How do I quote an interview transcript in an essay?

For example, if the transcript looks like this...


Person A: (question),


Person B: (response),


Person C: (adds to question),


Person B: (response),


Person D: (feedback)


... I've looked on the internet about quoting from plays, but all it seems to suggest is breaking it up (Person A says, "[Quote]" and Person B responds "[Quote]" and Person C... etc).


I simply want to say:


"Yadda yadda yadda.... which is shown in the following example...." and then have the five lines of the transcript as a quote.


Do I need quotation marks for a transcript? Where would I put the quotation marks? Would the quote also include the speakers' names, as in "Person A: (question)", or not, as in, Person A: "(question)".


I have no idea how to approach this. Please help!

How do I quote an interview transcript in an essay?
"yadda yadda in your essay. as shown in the following example





person A : " blahblah"


person B : " etc etc"





good luck
Reply:this is what i'd do (but obviously i;m just making up rubbish to show you the lay out lol):





main body of the essay blah blah blah at the normal margin line. this can be seen in the following exchange:


[indent] "Person A: question


[indent] Person B: response


[indent] Person C: adds to question


[indent] Person B: feedback" (reference)


then carry on with your comments about the quotation, or whatever is next, at the mormal margin line.....





(it's hard to know how this is going to show up when i submit, so in case it goes haywire, what i mean is: present it in the same way as it is in the transcript, but indented, and with quotation marks before the first *person a*, and after the last response...).





any quotation that is more than one sentence should be set out this way in an essay. it makes it really clear where your writing ends and the quotation begins (and vice versa).
Reply:well u could just say it the way u have presented it there and put in ur bibliography where u got it from or try to imagin the transcript as a conversation and take notes on it and write up from ur not. if a person say person a says its a sunny day then u would maybe person a sed 'its a sunny day' or u could say 'its a sunny day' 'it sure is' replies peson b etc