I have to write an essay about the book Native Son and we have to use two quotes from the book. when introducing a quote, what sort of punctuation do i have to use, if any? For example, one of the sentences in my essay is: A quote from Native Son that shows Bigger's fear would be "With clenched teeth, Bigger held the skillet; he was afriad to hurl it, fearing that he might miss" (Wright 5).
Would I have to put a comma before the quote starts, or leave it as is?
Would I have to put a comma before the quote starts, or leave it as is?