3. An example… The author uses imagery to express the joy felt by the old man when he says, “His smile was so wide he’d have to break it into sections of fit it through a doorway” (Spinelli 102). Punctuation comes AFTER the last parenthesis There is no comma after the author’s name and no “p” for page number. The in-text citation directs the reader to the full citation in the works cited portion of your research paper. Full MLA-style citation Spinelli, Jerry. Maniac Magee . New York: Scholastic, 1991. Print.
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