How woud do you cite a sentence from a book?

Answer 1

If you are citing a sentence within an essay, and you are using parenthetical citation, it looks like this:

"Dense fog blinded them as much as snow glare" (Cookman 11). (Author, Page Number)

If you are summarizing the author's statement without quoting it directly, you can say something like this:

As Cookman says, the men were blinded by fog as much as snow glare (11).
(You can leave the author's name out of the parentheses because you already stated it).

Some teachers, professors, etc. prefer that students place quotations in footnotes, probably because they think students will fill their essays with quotations just to reach the required essay length. In that case, if you make a statement drawn from a source, put a footnote number behind it, and list the quotation at the bottom of the page, like this:

Fog blinded the men, as well.(a footnote #)

At the bottom of the page: #, followed by Cookman's quotation.

That method isn't as common in classes, though. I only had a couple history professors who preferred it. You really have to ask each instructor.

You also need a bibliography page at the end. After all, in different editions, your quotation might appear on different pages.

Another tip:

Keep quotations short. If your quotation is much longer than a single line of text, teachers think you're using it to lengthen your paper. If you only need one part of a sentence, you can always omit the unnecessary part and write [...].

I hope this helps.

Answer 2

Go to www.easybib.com

This website will guide you through a formal MLA citation, and all you need to do is fill in the blanks with the URL, author, title, etc. Plus, it's free! This is super easy, and it is how I do all of my citations for research papers.

Answer 3

Introduce the quote then write, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" (Dickens 1).

open quotation marks. quote. close quotation marks. open paraenthesis, last name of author, page number, close paraenthesis, period. You can omit the last name of the author if the essay/paper only includes quotes from one source.

Answer 4

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ONE LEARN TO READ AND WRITE.
SPELLING IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT PROCESS.

ENGLISH COMPOSITION BOOK--THIRD GRADE.