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I have had an essay accepted for publication. In my works-cited list, if there are two or more works by the same author, after the first entry should I use three hyphens or a 3-em dash in place of the author’s name?

How do I indicate that I prepared the table included in my paper?

Should I italicize titles not written in the Latin alphabet?

If the author, publisher, and name of a website are all the same, do I need to list the author or publisher?

How do I style geographic terms such as north and south in MLA style?

When is a comma used before et al. in MLA style?

How do I punctuate parenthetical citations that include an author’s name and “introduction”?

How do you cite speech bubbles from a graphic narrative or comic book?

How do I cite more than one sonnet from a sequence of sonnets?

When I am quoting, do I need to indicate if italics are in the original?

If I include my published article as a dissertation chapter, how should I handle the article’s references?

If I want to include a DOI for a book chapter in my works-cited-list entry, where should I insert it?

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?

Should I use hyphens in compounds with adverbs ending in ly?

Should I include military ranks of authors I cite?