MLA Citation Review 8/14/17 Mr. Bolt

When to Recognize A Source You must acknowledge in your paper the source of A direct quotation A statistic An idea Someone else’s opinion Illustrations, photographs, or charts – if not yours

Paraphrasing and Summarizing You must still acknowledge your source if you… Paraphrase: Put someone else’s ideas into your own words Summarize: Condense someone else’s words or ideas

Parenthetical Citations: Author & Page Number (Albom) Notice there is no “p” and no comma. “The last class of my old professor’s life took place once a week in his house, by a window in the study where he could watch a small hibiscus plant shed its pink leaves” (Albom 1).

Parenthetical Citations: Page Number Only If you have already mentioned the author’s name, put a page number only. This is only if you are referring to one text in an essay or assignment: “The last class of my old professor’s life took place once a week in his house, by a window in the study where he could watch a small hibiscus plant shed its pink leaves” (1).

Quoting Dialogue If you are quoting dialogue, it is a little different. You have to bracket off the dialogue, but you still need your quotes for the citation. “‘I hope Morrie goes easy on Ted,’ said the other” (Albom 19).

Punctuation Period always goes at the end of the sentence: Right: “He had begun to cough while eating, and chewing was a chore” (Albom 18). Wrong: “He had begun to cough while eating, and chewing was a chore.” (Albom 18)

Punctuation Continued Exclamation Points and Questions marks are the only tricky ones. They must go INSIDE of the quotation marks. You still have to have a period at the end of your quote though. Example: “Do I wither up and disappear, or do I make the best of my time left?” (Albom 10).