1. MLA Citation Review
8/14/17
Mr. Bolt

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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).

5. 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).

6. 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).

7. 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)

8. 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).