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If I cite a poem posted to a blog by someone who is not the poem’s author, do I need to write “posted by” and the blogger’s name in the “Other contributors” slot?

How do I cite two versions of a poem from the same anthology?

How do I format and document epigraphs in MLA style?

Can I silently change the initial capital letter in a quotation to fit the quotation syntactically into my sentence?

How do I cite a poem by line numbers if the numbering of the lines begins again at each section?

If an untitled poem is known by its first line, how do I style that line in my works-cited-list entry?

If I am quoting the first few words of one line of poetry and the last few words of the next line of poetry, should I use two sets of ellipses with a slash between them?

How do I cite the audio recording of a literary reading?

Do I introduce an author’s full name and the full title of a work in each chapter of a book or dissertation?

How do I cite a numbered footnote?