MLA Style II Advanced Quoting and Citing Techniques Pierre Sierra says, “A few . . . concepts can help [you] quote and cite sources well” (qtd. in Foster).

ELLIPSIS “If you want to delete words from a quote, replace the words with three . . . dots.”

SQUARE BRACKETS “If you want to add your own words inside a quote, use [square] brackets around the words you insert.”

QUOTED IN (qtd. in) “If you want to use a remark that your source quoted, add a citation like this” (qtd. in Foster).

INTEGRATED QUOTES You can blend just a portion of a quote right “into your own sentence.”

SIGNAL PHRASES Says Pierre Sierra, president of the MLA Hiking Association, “Add an author’s credentials to signal phrases!”

SIGNAL PHRASES Sierra contends that a signal phrase can also preview the content of a quote: “It’s nice for your reader to know what to expect,” he says.

BLOCK FORMAT FOR LONG QUOTES If a quote will exceed four lines of type on your page, then you need to use the block format, says one expert: Do not use quotation marks. Double-space, please. And indent 10 spaces—two tabs— from the left margin. (Sierra)

QUOTE-WITHIN-A-QUOTE When you quote a passage that already contains a “quotation,” change the double quotes in the original text “to single quotes in your own ‘quotation.’”

Let’s read that again! When you quote a passage that already contains a “quotation,” change the double quotes in the original text “to single quotes in your own ‘quotation.’” Got it!

The handout and exercises will help you to master these quoting and citing techniques!