I couldn’t find a “grammar help” community so I thought this might be a good place to pose this question. Sorry for asking something that boils down to “please help me with my homework” but I’m at a loss. I’m supposed to be using MLA format.

Here’s the text I’m quoting:

“While recognizing the critical potential of the dystopic imagination, this volume examines it as a form of urban representation; the modern city, after all, appears to be an instantiation of a dystopic form of society.”

Here’s my sentence:

Prakash notes the utility of dystopian media, stating “this volume examines it as a form of urban representation; the modern city, after all, appears to be an instantiation of a dystopic form of society.” (3)

Is this right? Should I have the period at the end of the parentheses? I tried looking through my textbook and a few online articles but I couldn’t find an example with a parenthetical citation and a quote that includes a period. Thanks for the help!

  • raef@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Question was answered, but I’m wondering about the citation. What is the number three in parenthesis? MLA is name of source and possibly page number.

      • raef@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 months ago

        Ah, right. I completely overlooked that. Since it was such a low number, I thought it might be a numbered source