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Long quotationsįor quotations that are more than four lines of prose or three lines of verse, place quotations in a free-standing block of text and omit quotation marks. Question marks and exclamation points should appear within the quotation marks if they are a part of the quoted passage, but after the parenthetical citation if they are a part of your text.įor example, when quoting short passages of prose, use the following examples:Ĭullen concludes, "Of all the things that happened there / That's all I remember" (11-12). Punctuation marks such as periods, commas, and semicolons should appear after the parenthetical citation. Provide the author and specific page number (in the case of verse, provide line numbers) in the in-text citation, and include a complete reference on the Works Cited page. To indicate short quotations (four typed lines or fewer of prose or three lines of verse) in your text, enclose the quotation within double quotation marks. Please note that all pages in MLA should be double-spaced. Below are some basic guidelines for incorporating quotations into your paper. When you directly quote the works of others in your paper, you will format quotations differently depending on their length. This resource, updated to reflect the MLA Handbook (8 th ed.), offers examples for the general format of MLA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the Works Cited page. MLA (Modern Language Association) style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities.