Tuesday, June 2, 2009

What are internal Citations and MLA format?

Internal Citations are ways to support your answer with direct support. Summaries are not support, but trite and not at the AP level. You need to support your thoughts and ideas with the text. To do so you have an introductory phrase the quote or paraphrase the author's last name and then the page number. Below is an example:

The problem with the Cold War was this theory, ""When we react, they react" (Taylor 25).


Or if you already mentioned the author this is another way.

According to Taylor, "When we react, they react" (25).

Using a paraphrase:

The problem with the Cold War was that the Soviet Union was only reacting to the United States threats and vise versa (Taylor 25).



MLA:
This is Modern Language Assocation. This means follow correct grammar rules.

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