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Sample Essays: Writing with MLA Style

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Transitioning to College Writing: A Discussion among Educators

How Publishing Work as a Student Shaped My College Writing Experience

Reading Is Not One Thing

Using Social Justice Projects to Teach High School Writing

Student Accountability, Google Docs, and Digital Peer Review

Supporting Students in the Transition from High School to College Writing

Teaching the History of the English Language: An Interview

Teaching Research Skills: An Interview with Librarians

Using an Endnote to Provide Bibliographic Information

The Limits of Fidelity: What to Reproduce (and What Not to Reproduce) in a Quotation

Pointing Out Reasons with As, Since, For, and Because

The Rhyme without the Reason: What’s Wrong with Sneak Peak

Distinguishing Tropes, Figures, Themes, and Motifs

Celebrating the Oscars—the MLA Way

Descriptions Used as Titles of Persons

Understanding Back-Formations: Established Expressions or Curious Coinages?

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How do I cite verse numbers in scripture?

Chapter 6 of the ninth edition of the MLA Handbook provides guidance on citing scripture by book, chapter, and verse. If the book and chapter… Read More

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How do I cite an interview that I recorded?

If you are citing an interview that you conducted and recorded, and that recording is not publicly available, you could approach a citation for it… Read More

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How do I cite page numbers in a work I accessed using a screen reader?

When citing paginated works accessed through digital technology, including screen readers, cite stable page numbers if they are provided. If the work uses a numbering… Read More

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