Quotations In Your Writing

Quotations in Your Writing When quoting or paraphrasing from another source, it is important to cite it correctly. Refer to the author and the name of the work in your writing. For example: In “Adrenaline Junkies,” Sarah Hanley observes that “different people need different levels of stimuli to trigger the highs” I (177). 1. The name of the work is set off by quotation marks. 2. The author’s name is given. 3. The page of the essay is noted in parenthesis following the quotation. 4. This is a short quotation. It is set off by quotation marks. In long quotation citing the quote is not set off by quotation marks. It is indented and single-spaced. For example: In “Adrenaline Junkies” it is noted that While all healthy people experience adrenaline highs, different people need different levels of stimuli to trigger the highs. The level of stimulus that a person needs depends on the amount of protein in his or her medullas (Hanley, 177). Note that the author’s name is put next to the page number if not referred to directly in the sentence. For more complicated examples and research papers refer to the www.owl.purdue.edu for the most up to date MLA formatting guidelines.