Help me with a quick English citation question

[duragezic]

I got this essay to do tonight and I'm not sure where to put a period in a citation. Example:

"...anything and everything, including your ants" (4).

I'm not sure if the 4 (page number) is in the right spot or if it goes before the quotation mark and if the period is in the right spot. Er wait that doesn't look right should I comma go after ants?

Thanks.

 

[Mday]

it looks fine for MLA citation.

citation differs by teacher... i do it my way anyway, as long as i am consistent. college profs and ta's don't really "care" as long as you are consistent, and follows some standard much of the time...

no comma after ants if you terminate the sentence like that.

otherwise the comma goes AFTER the (4)

 

[duragezic]

Thanks. I forgot to specify MLA but yeah that is what she wants is MLA.

 

[Mday]

technically, it should be "(LAST_NAME page#)" not "(page#)".

i suggest looking up in google, "MLA citation," to be sure. MLA makes slight changes every year. i have the 12th edition here (somewhere).

 

[Pretender]

If the entire essay is from one book, you don't need author name. Otherwise, it's (Author, #page).