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Handling
Quotations in Your Text According
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General
Information:
MLA format follows the author-page method of citation. This means
that the author's last name and the page number(s) from which the
quotation is taken must appear in the text, and a complete reference
should appear in your works-cited list. The author's name may appear
either in the sentence itself or in parentheses following the quotation,
but the page number(s) should always appear in the parentheses, not
in the text of your sentence.
Examples from Print Sources:
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| Wordsworth
stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous
overflow of powerful feelings" (263).
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| Romantic
poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of
powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).
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| Wordsworth
extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process
(263).
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Handling
Quotations from Non-Print Sources:
For non-print (film, TV series, etc.) or electronic sources, try
to include the name that begins the entry in the Works Cited Page.
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Handling
Indirect Quotations: Sometimes
you may have to use an indirect quotation, that is, a quotation
that you found in another source that was quoting from the
original. For such indirect quotations, use "qtd.in" to
indicate the source:
Example: |
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| Ravitch
argues that high schools are pressured to act as "social
service centers, a job they don't do that well" (qtd. in
Weisman 259).
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