Whether to capitalize or lowercase the first letter of the first word of a quotation depends on how the quotation is integrated into your prose… Read More
Writers sometimes ask their readers to understand too much . . . Read More
The MLA follows The Chicago Manual of Style’s rules for hyphening number ranges in modifiers (“Hyphenation Guide”). When the compound is an adjective, the compound… Read More
If you are citing a print magazine essay republished on a website, follow the MLA format template and list the website as the container. Information… Read More
To cite an interview conducted through a messaging app such as Facebook Messenger, follow our guidelines for citing an interview conducted by e-mail. In the “Title of… Read More
If you need to cite a paraphrase and a quotation that occur in the same sentence, you may provide the page numbers at the end… Read More
When you cite a chapter by an individual author in a work with coauthors, you must create a separate works-cited-list entry for each chapter: Althusser,… Read More
Ignore symbols when alphabetizing. Thus, to alphabetize tweets in a works-cited list, ignore the @ and start with the first letter of the username: Works Cited @humcommons. Read More
In humanities essays, lists are generally run into the text rather than set vertically. A colon is often used to introduce a run-in list: Chimamanda… Read More
The eighth edition of the MLA Handbook recommends brevity and clarity in an in-text citation (116)—brevity so that a reference won’t obstruct the flow of… Read More