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Are names of groups like African American and Native American ever hyphened in MLA style?

How should Icelandic names be cited?

When should I capitalize the first letter of the first word of a quotation?

How do I format and document epigraphs in MLA style?

How should I cite an e-book version of Shakespeare’s Hamlet that uses paragraph numbers instead of line numbers?

Why does the MLA capitalize certain words in titles?

If I need to fit a quotation syntactically into a sentence, can I use empty brackets to indicate that I have removed letters from a verb?

How do I cite an essay from one volume of a multivolume work when the volume is identified by a date range?

How do you cite an encyclical letter?

How do I cite an illustration on an unnumbered page if there is no figure number?

How do I cite a map?

Should the font size for endnotes in a paper differ from the font size for the text of my essay?

How do I indicate in my work-cited-list entry that the translator of a work is the same as the author of a work?

How do I style the names of fictional characters?

How do I style the title of a trilogy or informally titled series?