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What’s New in the Ninth Edition of the MLA Handbook (Spring 2021)

Teaching Resources

Digital Literacy in “Post-Truth America”: An Interview

by Ellen Carillo

Contribute to the survey for the MLA Guide to Digital Literacy, 2nd edition Read More

Teaching Resources

Integrating Quotations in Research Writing: A Lesson for College Students

by Andrew Shipe

A lesson for college students on incorporating quotations Read More

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How do I cite song lyrics?

The way you cite song lyrics will vary depending on how you access them and how much information you include in the body of your… Read More

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How should the title of an opera waltz be styled?

An opera waltz, like any portion of a larger musical work, is styled roman, in quotation marks. The Chicago Manual of Style explains, “Titles of… Read More

Teaching Nineteenth-Century Activist Rhetorics Today: An Interview

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

Teaching the Popular Literature of Nineteenth-Century France

Considering Audience through Search Engine Optimization

How to Apply Composition Techniques to a Cover Letter

Video Essay Analysis and Composition

Introducing Lateral Reading before Research

Helping Students Use Grammar to Support Their Writing Goals

Me, Myself, or I? Using Pronouns Ending in -Self

Rerouting Readers: The Power of Correlative Conjunctions

Rivers and Ladders and Bad Breaks, Oh My!

When a Preposition Wrongly Replaces a Conjunction

“Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow”: When a Comma Separates Subject and Verb

Commas with Because: How to Make Your Meaning Clear

How to Use (Not Abuse) Parentheses

Accent Marks in Microsoft Word

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How should the title of an opera waltz be styled?

An opera waltz, like any portion of a larger musical work, is styled roman, in quotation marks. The Chicago Manual of Style explains, “Titles of… Read More

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Ask The MLA

What’s the difference between who and whom?

Use the pronoun who to refer to the subject of a verb and the pronoun whom to refer to a verb’s object or to the object of… Read More

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How do I cite interviews of the same interviewee taken from two different interview collections?

When citing interviews of the same person taken from different collections, treat the person... Read More

What’s New in the Ninth Edition of the MLA Handbook (Spring 2021)

Digital Literacy in “Post-Truth America”: An Interview

Integrating Quotations in Research Writing: A Lesson for College Students

How do I cite song lyrics?

How should the title of an opera waltz be styled?

Teaching Resources

Advice from the Editors

Ask the MLA

How should the title of an opera waltz be styled?

What’s the difference between who and whom?

How do I cite interviews of the same interviewee taken from two different interview collections?

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