How do I punctuate parenthetical citations that include an author’s name and “introduction”?
Separate the items with a comma: You Must Change Your Life is “a portrait of two artists fumbling through the desultory streets of… Read More
How do you cite speech bubbles from a graphic narrative or comic book?
Cite each speech bubble individually. Do not use slashes to indicate quotations from separate speech bubbles. Use ellipses only to omit text from a single… Read More
How to Get out of a Tangle When Your Modifiers Dangle
Dangling modifiers take several forms. Here are a few types—and some ways to fix them . . . Read More
How do I cite more than one sonnet from a sequence of sonnets?
As always, when you are citing a work contained in a larger work, you must identify the particular work you are citing. Thus, if you… Read More
When I am quoting, do I need to indicate if italics are in the original?
No. In MLA style, italics in a quotation are assumed to be in the original unless otherwise indicated. See the MLA Handbook for more details on quoting… Read More
If I include my published article as a dissertation chapter, how should I handle the article’s references?
References in a dissertation should be in a consistent style (e.g., MLA) and location (at the end of each chapter or at the end of… Read More
If I want to include a DOI for a book chapter in my works-cited-list entry, where should I insert it?
If you are citing a chapter of a book from a novel or monograph, create an entry for the book as a whole and list the… Read More
If the title of an essay I am citing is also the name of a work that normally appears in italics, how should I style the name of the essay?
If the title of an essay consists solely of the title of a work normally styled in italics, the title of the work should be… Read More
Should I use hyphens in compounds with adverbs ending in ly?
No. Since a compound formed by an adverb ending in ly cannot be misread, no hyphen is used: She had a politically transformative experience. Read More
Should I include military ranks of authors I cite?
Like other professional titles, military ranks are omitted before authors’ names in entries and when the authors are mentioned in prose, but you may indicate… Read More