Citing a Book

When writing an essay on only one book and using quotes from the text, do the citations go line, page, chapter in that order?

E.g, I am doing the Odyssey so...

"Odysseus, the great tactician," (Lines 1-2, Page 273, Book 12).

Is that right?

Originally posted by prosoccer
When writing an essay on only one book and using quotes from the text, do the citations go line, page, chapter in that order?

E.g, I am doing the Odyssey so...

"Odysseus, the great tactician," (Lines 1-2, Page 273, Book 12).

Is that right?

Originally posted by Phlabibit
This page any help?

http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/gary.kroll/student%20resources/default.htm

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Originally posted by prosoccer
Thanks for trying, but no, we are supposed to do the citing immediately after the example because it is only one poem we are talking about, just the odyssey.

Originally posted by cmsMaster
I've always done:

"Quote stuff, blah blah blah" (Speaker pg.)

Originally posted by prosoccer
that looks a bit shady to me

Originally posted by cmsMaster
Well those books aren't books like the Odyssey where the lines are listed by number. Heard of google?

Try this...

http://www.legalbluebook.com/

If you cannot cite like a lawyer, then whatever you write is not worth reading.

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Originally posted by Seitse

If you cannot cite like a lawyer, then whatever you write is not worth reading.

😉

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
The trick of legal writing is to coerce people into signing without reading; the method is punitive impenetrability.