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The Modern Language Association (MLA) Style

Direct Quotations

With regards to writing, Henson characterises two types of people: “the talkers and the doers” (2). There are those who talk about writing and there are those who actually write.
 
Henson has this to say about people and writing: “People can be placed in two groups: the talkers and the doers. Some people enjoy just sitting around talking about writing…Then there are the doers”. (2).

The number “2” above indicates the page number of the source. When a quote is more than three lines, it has to be specially indented like this:

People can be placed in two groups: the talkers and the doers. Some people enjoy just sitting around talking about writing, telling why they don’t write for publication…Others talk a lot about the writing they plan to do, but they never seem to get around to it. Then there are the doers.
(Henson 2)

Summary or Paraphrase

There are generally two types of people, according to Henson, when it comes to writing for publication. There are those who talk about writing and there are those who would actually write (2).
 
There are generally two types of people when it comes to writing for publication. There are those who talk about writing and there are those who would actually write (Henson 2).

References

Books

Henson, K. T. The Art of Writing for Publication. Boston:
    Allyn and Bacon, 1995.
Douglas, A., & Strumpf, M. Webster's Dictionary of Quotations
    (2nd ed.). Phoenix, AZ.: Macmillan, 2000.
United Nations. World Investment Report 1998: Trends and
    Determinants. New York and Geneva: United Nations, 1998.

Journal Articles

Robinson, H. “ Postmodern Software Development.”
    The Computer Journal,    41 (1998) : 363-75.

Magazine Articles

Underwood, A. “Chemo in Question.”    Newsweek   26 Apr. 1999: 4.

Newspaper Articles

“Singlish ‘a handicap we do not wish on S'poreans’.”
     The Sunday Times, 15 Aug. 1999: 26.

Articles on the World Wide Web

Anders, P. 2000. The Ultimate Website 1 Jan. 2001. 15 Mar. 2001.
     <http://www.anders.com>

For full information on the MLA style, refer to these guides: MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (1999) and MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (1998).