If in an essay(not work cited) I write a quote from an article what do i write ?

Question

The authors or article name (MLA style)

Answer 1

You write the author and then the page number. Use a footnote. At the end in the works cited, include this and the rest of the info from the text used. See the MLA website... it gives you a lot of info.

Answer 2

I assume you are talking about in-text citation according to MLA style. You write the author's last name (if there is more than one author, list the one that comes first alphabetically) like this:

"In the 21st century, however, there is something that our society values more than our own lives . . . " (West).

This is for a short article with only one page. If you have a longer article, include the page number (West 2). Note that you put that period after the parenthesis. (It's different for long quotes.)

You also can include the information you need in the text and skip the citation like this:

In her article "The War for Moral Superiority," Diana West writes, "In the 21st century, however, there is something that our society values more than our own lives . . "

In this case if you have a longer article with a page number, you would still list the page number in parenthesis after the quote.

If you don't have an author's name, you list the first few words of the title like this:

"In the 21st century, however, there is something that our society values more than our own lives . . . " ("The War . . .")

Answer 3

In the text of the essay you write the authors name followed by the year of publication and the page number. For example, Smith (2006: 23) states 'you put the quote here in speech marks'.

You should then put the full details of the full reference ( i.e. author, year, title, locations, publisher) in the reference list at the end of the essay.

Hope this helps.

Answer 4

IF its not supposed to be cited than mention it in paper as per Johny, the truth is" ...." . i guess that ought to do it.