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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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Do commas and periods go inside or outside quotation marks in MLA style in Spanish?

In Spanish, unlike in American English, commas and periods go outside the quotation marks. If the quoted material ends in a period, omit that period. 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

Born and Borne: What’s the Difference?

Dinosaurs and MLA Style

Malaprops and Other Near Misses

Than or Then: Which One Should You Use?

Sing Along with Me!

A Historical Sensibility

Plurals of Non-English Words in an English-Language Context

When Grammar Meets Feelings: Choosing Bad or Badly

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Do commas and periods go inside or outside quotation marks in MLA style in Spanish?

In Spanish, unlike in American English, commas and periods go outside the quotation marks. If the quoted material ends in a period, omit that period. Read More

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Ask The MLA

How do I cite a forged letter?

When citing letters that are suspected or confirmed forgeries, you can indicate in the Author element of your works-cited-list entry both the name of the… Read More

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How do I cite multiple web pages from the same website?

To cite multiple pages from the same website, you should create separate works-cited-list entries for each page. As outlined in the MLA Handbook, “[c]ross-references are not… 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?

Do commas and periods go inside or outside quotation marks in MLA style in Spanish?

Teaching Resources

Advice from the Editors

Ask the MLA

Do commas and periods go inside or outside quotation marks in MLA style in Spanish?

How do I cite a forged letter?

How do I cite multiple web pages from the same website?

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