Wednesday, July 29, 2009

How do I document this text in MLA style? Is this right?

I'm doing a character analysis presentation and on a poster board and I'm supposed to discuss strong traits of a person I read about in a biography (it's The Color of Water by James McBride in case you were wondering).



I'm supposed to describe a trait, then give a passage from the book that supports the point I just made.



How do I list these passages? If I can remember correctly, it'd be like this:



"At fifty-one she was still slender and pretty, with curly black hair, dark eyes, a large nose, a sparkling smile, and a bowlegged walk you could see a mile off." (McBride 7) %26lt;-- the author's name and the page the passage is found on.



Is this right?



Any help would be really appreciated.



How do I document this text in MLA style? Is this right?

That's correct for the most part, just make sure the period is on the other side of the parenthesis.



"At fifty-one she was still slender and pretty, with curly black hair, dark eyes, a large nose, a sparkling smile, and a bowlegged walk you could see a mile off" (McBride 7).



How do I document this text in MLA style? Is this right?

Try this website. I always use it for MLA citation.

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