For a research paper, what does it mean to block a citation?

My teacher said "when quoting more than 4 lines, MLA says to block the citation". What does that mean? What should I do to my research paper?

For a research paper, what does it mean to block a citation?
It means that you take the entire quote, and you indent it 1" (two tabs) on the left. You can eliminate the quotation marks (unless you're quoting dialogue), and the period at the end of the quote goes before the parenthetical citation. Ex:





blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah :


________blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah


________blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah


________blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah


________blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah


________blah blah blah blah. (57)


blah blah blah blah blah blah blah ...





The underscores (_) above are to move the text over. Yahoo won't do it with spaces.





Remember that everything is double-spaced, even blocked quotes. If your teacher tells you to do it differently, do it his/her way, but know the right way too!


Hope this helps.
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