How do you cite information you recieved from a book in a essay?

I know how to cite for the works cited page but how do you cite actually in your paper? Do you put the information in quotations or do you write the information then put the author and page in parenthesis?How do you cite information you recieved from a book in a essay?General Rules:

1. If the information is presented in quotes, cite the (author’s last name and page number).

2. If the author’s name is used in the sentence, cite the (page number).

3. If an introductory sentence includes the author’s name, cite the (page number).

4. If the information is paraphrased using the author’s name, cite the (page number).

5. If the information runs longer than four lines of text, use block quotes, that is, indent the margins

of the text . Place the citation after the period. (author’s last name and page number)

6. If the information has no given author, use an abbreviated title instead. Use italics or underline book

titles; use quotes for article titles. (Architecture of Migration 16) or (“Architecture of Migration” 16)How do you cite information you recieved from a book in a essay?Parenthetical Citation? (author page number)



For example:



"This is your sentence you are pulling." (Hemingway 137)

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