Construct a clear, grammatically correct sentence that allows you to introduce or incorporate a quotation accurately. When you quote, reproduce the source text exactly. Do not make changes in the spelling, capitalization, interior punctuation, italicization, or accents that appear in the source. Generally place citations at the end of your sentence or quotation. A full reference should appear in your Works Cited page. When you want to cite a section of your source that is four lines or less, you set off the quote in the text with double quotation marks directly before and after the quoted material.
End punctuation goes before the final quotation mark. When quoting up to three short lines of poetry, indicate breaks in verse by placing a forward slash at the end of each verse line. A space should precede and follow the slash. If you want to quote a section of text that is longer than four lines or a section of poetry that is longer than three lines, use a block quote.
Block quotes are also used when quoting lines from a play. You introduce the block quote with a sentence in your own words. You want to let your reader know who the quote is from and why you are including it. Here's how Once you have typed in the text you want for your block quote, hit enter before the first word of the quote and after the last word of the quote. How do I cite a source from another source? Here's how: Cite using normal in text citation rules for MLA, but include the phrase qtd.
Eliot, and you want to cite the Eliot quote as well: Eliot's position was that the "ordinary emotional person, experiencing a work of art, has a mixed critical and creative reaction". Page Number Unknown, With or Without Known Author If there are no page numbers on your source, use the author in the parenthetical reference. Example no page number and no author: "a tool that should be usable by any manager responsible for learning, without any significant cost or resource barriers" Tools.
Author Unknown Just as with your sources cited page, if there is no known author, you skip to the title of the work. Example Many in the liquor industry argue that the ban on television liquor advertising gives those in the beer and wine industry an unfair advantage "Liquor Advertising" 5.
Author Not Named within the Quotation This is one of the most common in text citations. Example Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" Wordsworth Author Named within the Quotation If you have already stated the author's name in the quotation itself, you only need the page umber in the parenthetical reference.
Works Cited First To get your in text citation, you actually need to have your Works Cited citation first. Your parenthetical citation should come after the closing punctuation mark. When quoting verse, maintain original line breaks. You should maintain double-spacing throughout your essay. Nelly Dean treats Heathcliff poorly and dehumanizes him throughout her narration: They entirely refused to have it in bed with them, or even in their room, and I had no more sense, so, I put it on the landing of the stairs, hoping it would be gone on the morrow.
By chance, or else attracted by hearing his voice, it crept to Mr. Earnshaw's door, and there he found it on quitting his chamber. Inquiries were made as to how it got there; I was obliged to confess, and in recompense for my cowardice and inhumanity was sent out of the house. Bronte When citing long sections of poetry four lines of verse or more , keep formatting as close to the original as possible.
However, if the first sentence quoted does not begin a paragraph in the source, do not indent it the additional amount, only indent the subsequent paragraphs. Here is an example where the first sentence is the beginning of a paragraph:. Sir Henry lay insensible where he had fallen.
We tore away his collar, and Holmes breathed a prayer of gratitude when we saw that there was no sign of a wound and that the rescue had been in time. Already our friend's eyelids shivered and he made a feeble effort to move. Lestrade thrust his brandy-flask between the baronet's teeth, and two frightened eyes were looking up at us. What, in heaven's name, was it? Unless the quotation involves unusual spacing, format it as you would prose: indent each line one-inch from margin and double-space the lines.
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