How to Put a Listed Paragraph From a Book Into an MLA Paper

MLA citations follow specific guidelines that allow your paper to appear standardized and professional. If you need to quote a list from a primary source, it is best to use the formatting method for a long (or block) quotation. These longer quotations necessitate their own indentation and will set apart the list from the rest of the text, making it easy to format the list as it appears in the primary source and also making it easy to read.

Things You'll Need

  • Word processor
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Instructions

    • 1

      Introduce the list with writing of your own and end the sentence directly before the list you want to quote with a colon.

    • 2

      Go to the next line and format it as a paragraph that indents every line at the 1-inch mark (about 10 spaces).

    • 3

      Enter the list in this newly-formatted paragraph. Keep the format as close to the formatting of the original as possible.

    • 4

      Enter the author's name and page number on the last line of the quotation in parentheses.

    • 5

      Begin the next line of your own original text that discusses the quotation you just presented on another line, which is not indented and all the way against your left margin.

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