If a quotation already contains bracketed text, avoid adding your own bracketed text, since multiple sets of brackets may be confusing for the reader. However,… Read More
Provide the section number as well as the line number: As Wordsworth writes in his series of sonnets The River Duddon, “Child of the clouds!… Read More
Use the first name. Some categories of personal names lack a last name–for example, some rulers and members of the nobility and many premodern people, whose name… Read More
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To cite a virtual reality experience on an app like Google Expeditions, follow the MLA format template. Begin with the experience’s author. Then include the title… Read More
To cite a book chapter that your professor uploaded to a website, begin with the MLA format template. List the author of the chapter and… Read More
To credit the creator of subtitles, follow the MLA format template. If you substantively refer to or quote from the subtitles while discussing other aspects… Read More
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