In-text citations appear in the body of your paper. They identify your use of an idea or quotation from one of your sources. The MLA Handbook uses the author-page citation system for in-text citations.

To paraphrase you must put an idea into your own words and indicate your source using in-text citation.

To summarize you write a short description with less detail than if you were paraphrasing. You must also cite your source and use an in-text citation.

To analyze you examine and evaluate the elements that make up a written work and explain why it is effective or not.