Identify your specific task below, click it, and review the guidelines General information about MLA parenthetical citations Citing books, articles, and other sources parenthetically in your paper Formatting quotations according to the MLA guidelines  Abbreviating references to your sources

Formatting quotations according to the MLA guidelines

Use the block quotation format for quotations more than four lines long:

• In most cases, use a colon to introduce the quotation.
• Indent the quotation one inch from the left margin.
• Double-space the quotation.
• Do not use quotation marks.

Place the parenthetical citation (author and page number) after the period (or other mark of punctuation) that closes the block quotation.