The writer continues, “The second question, however, was a bit more esoteric: ‘Are American women usurping males in the world, and are they too dominant?’” (Peril 281).
This is the correct MLA format for this direct quotation. The parenthetical citation must include the author's last name and the location of the direct quote. Since this quotation does not have any signal words or phrases before the quotation that identify the author, the author's last name must be included in parentheses after the quote. Also, since the source is a paginated text, the page number from which the direct quote was taken must also be noted. The parenthetical citation needs to be before the end punctuation of the sentence to show that it connects to the direct quotation. The quotation marks must be around the text that is directly taken from the source, which includes the information about the question being esoteric.
<span>D. George's voice deepens and he repeats his words in a lilting rhythm.
George goes through the story slowly, letting Lennie soak it all in. He repeats Lennie's words in rhythm, trying to almost hypnotize him into a peaceful, resting state. Even when they can hear the voices starting to get louder from the people chasing them, George stays calm. </span>
