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How do I quote 4 lines or more in an MLA style paper?
I know I need to indent the entire quote but how many times do I hit tab? And also, I'm supposed to make the font smaller right? How small is it supposed to be? I can't find this information for the life of me in my MLA Handbook and I've forgotten how to do this.
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- ?Lv 7vor 1 JahrzehntBeste Antwort
Using current MLA guidelines, for quotations that extend to MORE THAN FOUR TYPED LINES OF PROSE, you follow these guidelines:
__Place quotations in a free-standing block of text; omit quotation marks; DO NOT CHANGE FONT.
__Start the quotation on a new line, with the entire quote indented ONE INCH from the left margin; MAINTAIN DOUBLE-SPACING THROUGHOUT YOUR PAPER.
__The ending punctuation goes directly AFTER the quote, BEFORE the parenthetical citation (i.e., parenthetical citation comes AFTER the closing punctuation mark of the quotation).
__IF you are citing two or more paragraphs, use block quotation format, even if the passage from the paragraphs is less than four lines. Indent the FIRST line of each quoted paragraph an EXTRA QUARTER INCH.
The constraints of Yahoo! Answers make it impossible for me to illustrate by example. Thus, PLEASE SEE:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/03/ ["MLA Formatting Quotations"]
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/13/ ["MLA Sample Paper"]
Good luck! [I am not yelling at you when I use CAPS. The CAPS are for emphasis :]
