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Student Guide to AI Literacy

Sample Essays: Writing with MLA Style

Congratulations to the students whose essays were selected for the 2024 edition of Writing with MLA Style! Essays were selected as examples of excellent student… Read More

Formatting Your Research Project

To learn how to set up your research project in MLA format, visit our free sample chapter on MLA Handbook Plus, the only authorized subscription-based digital… Read More

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How do I format a quotation of song lyrics?

Format a quotation of song lyrics the same way you would format a quotation of poetry. Read More

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Should footnotes be numbered consecutively in a multichapter work like a thesis?

Generally, our recommendation is to restart note numbering with note 1 at the beginning of each new chapter of a long-form work like a thesis,… Read More

A Century of Queer Korean Fiction: An Interview with Samuel Perry

Toward Educational Justice: An Interview with the Editors of Teaching Literature and Writing in Prisons

Henrique Maximiano Coelho Neto’s Sphinx: A Neo-Gothic Novel from Brazil: An Interview with M. Elizabeth Ginway

A Reflection on Disability Studies: Enabling the Humanities on Its Twentieth Anniversary

MLA Guide to Digital Literacy, 2nd Edition: An Interview with the Author

Teaching Claire de Duras’s Ourika

Teaching Nineteenth-Century Activist Rhetorics Today: An Interview

How and Why to Teach Late-Twentieth-Century Mexicana and Chicana Writers: An Interview

Acronyms in MLA Style

My Friend and I’s Grammar Problem: Joint Possession with Pronouns

Beyond Citation: Describing AI Use in Your Work

Choosing between Passed and Past

Born and Borne: What’s the Difference?

Dinosaurs and MLA Style

Malaprops and Other Near Misses

Than or Then: Which One Should You Use?

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Should footnotes be numbered consecutively in a multichapter work like a thesis?

Generally, our recommendation is to restart note numbering with note 1 at the beginning of each new chapter of a long-form work like a thesis,… Read More

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How do I cite unnumbered notes from a notes section?

In a source that does not number annotations, the notes section may list notes by their relevant main-text page number. Cite such notes by providing… Read More

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How do I cite numbered poems from an anthology?

Some poetic works are conventionally referred to using an established numbering system that allows readers using any edition of the work to easily locate the… Read More

Student Guide to AI Literacy

Sample Essays: Writing with MLA Style

Formatting Your Research Project

How do I format a quotation of song lyrics?

Should footnotes be numbered consecutively in a multichapter work like a thesis?

Teaching Resources

Advice from the Editors

Ask the MLA

Should footnotes be numbered consecutively in a multichapter work like a thesis?

How do I cite unnumbered notes from a notes section?

How do I cite numbered poems from an anthology?

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