What is a direct and indirect quote i need to know so i can revise my essay explain

Indirect quotations can add information that strengthens your content in many of the same ways as direct quotations. Essentially, indirect quotes carry the meaning of a speaker or writer's original words without using the exact words. Indirect quotesare not offset by quotation marks.

A comma should not be used to separate compound elements. Compound elements should always be together, they cannot be separated by a comma. In the other cases, comma should be used.