Citation and Formatting: M.L.A.

Every source quoted, summarized, or paraphrased in the body of your paper should be cited in the Works Cited section, and vice-versa.

• Short quotations (less than 4 lines of prose, less than 3 lines of poetry) should be quoted within the normal paragraph format of your paper.
• Longer quotes begin on a new line and are entirely indented an additional 1 inch (10 spaces or 2 tabs).

In the body of your paper, you must include - either in the body of the sentence or parenthetically - the source author’s name and the page number (if there is one) where the information may be found.