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How to Document a Summary in MLA Style

Summary is art. The ability to take the large and make it small, or the complex and make it simple, is a way of re-imagining the world. If you use a summary as a resource in your studies, you will want to document that use correctly. The Modern Language Association has guidelines that will help you in documenting this summary in its style.

Instructions

    • 1

      Write the author's last name and full first name separated by a comma and followed by a period. For example, "Bub, Dilly."

    • 2

      Write the word "Summary" followed by a period. For example, "Bub, Dilly. Summary."

    • 3

      Write the title of the book from which the summary is taken, followed by a period. For example, "Bub, Dilly. Summary. The Perils of Mathematics After Eleven."

    • 4

      Write the name of the author of the book, preceded by the word "By" and followed by a period. For example, "Bub, Dilly. Summary. The Perils of Mathematics After Eleven. By Wilbur East."

    • 5

      Write the book's city of publication, followed by a colon. However, also write the two-letter code of the state in which the city is found, followed by a colon, if the city might be unfamiliar to your reader. For example, "Bub, Dilly. Summary. The Perils of Mathematics After Eleven. By Wilbur East. Ink, OH:"

    • 6

      Write the name of the publisher and the year of publication with a comma between them and followed by a period. For example, "Bub, Dilly. Summary. The Perils of Mathematics After Eleven. By Wilbur East. Ink, OH: Placemat Publications, 2011."

    • 7

      Write the page range of the summary, followed by a period. For example, "Bub, Dilly. Summary. The Perils of Mathematics After Eleven. By Wilbur East. Ink, OH: Placemat Publications, 2011. 3-7.

    • 8

      Write the word "Print" followed by a period. For example, "Bub, Dilly. Summary. The Perils of Mathematics After Eleven. By Wilbur East. Ink, OH: Placemat Publications, 2011. 3-7. Print.

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