Chapter 27. MLA Documentation
Chapter 27. MLA Documentation
Chapter 27. MLA Documentation
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Checklist <strong>27.</strong>3<br />
Quotations, Tables, and Figures—<strong>MLA</strong><br />
a. Format quotations correctly. <strong>MLA</strong> requires that you present long quotations—more<br />
than four lines—in block format. Block quotations are not<br />
enclosed by quotation marks. The entire quotation is indented 1 inch<br />
from the left margin. Use the same double spacing as the rest of the<br />
document.<br />
b. Label and number tables, placing them as close as possible to<br />
related text. Before the table, provide the label Table, an identifying<br />
number, and a caption, capitalized according to the standard rules for<br />
titles. Double-space the table (assuming you’re not using an image of a<br />
table,as student writer Nelson Rivera does),citing the source (if you didn’t<br />
create it yourself ) in a caption at the bottom.The caption should use the<br />
same 1-inch margin as the rest of the paper.<br />
c. Label and number illustrations and other visual material. Place the<br />
item as close as possible to the related text, providing underneath the<br />
label Fig. (or Figure), an identifying number, and the title (or a descriptive<br />
label or caption). For more on figures and tables, see Section 21b-2.
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