MLA In-text Citation

MLA In-text Citations How do I set up my notecards? Direct Quote, Summary & Paraphrasing Examples

Citing a Direct Quote Air Attacks “The key to the mission was the innovative idea of combining an aircraft carrier with the Billys. Japan assumed itself safe from air threats because land-based U.S. Army aircraft couldn’t reach the homeland from Hawaii or Midway” (Bradley 102). When you have text that you want to quote directly, follow these steps: ,[object Object]

Attribute the author and the page numberdirectly after the quoted text.Topic of card Works Cited Bradley, James. Flyboys: A True Story of Courage. Little Brown and Company; New York, 2003.

Author name here, not needed in p.r. Topic Direct Quote w/Author in text Air Attacks According to Bradley “the key to the mission was the innovative idea of combining an aircraft carrier with the Billys” (102). When you have text that you want to quote directly but you attribute the author in the quote, follow these steps: ,[object Object]

Attribute only the page numberdirectly after the quoted text.Works Cited Bradley, James. Flyboys: A True Story of Courage. Little Brown and Company; New York, 2003.

Text: On December 21, 1941, just two weeks almost to the hour after Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt welcomed his military brain trust into his private study on the second floor of the White House. FDR’s “Big Three” consisted of General George Marshall, the starchy army chief of staff; General Henry “Hap” Arnold, the genial chief of staff of the army of air forces; and Admiral Ernest King, the imperious chief of naval operations. These masters of land, air, and sea were prepared to request troops and equipment (Bradley 98). Summary Card Sometimes you will have a large amount of information that you want to summarize: ,[object Object]

Summarize, or condense, the information, leaving out minor details.

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