Should I include a religious leader’s title in my works-cited-list entry?
Following the guidance found in section 2.83 of the ninth edition of the MLA Handbook, religious titles, such as Reverend or Saint, should generally be… Read More
Following the guidance found in section 2.83 of the ninth edition of the MLA Handbook, religious titles, such as Reverend or Saint, should generally be… Read More
The MLA Handbook advises, in section 6.2, “In parenthetical citations, use only the part of an author’s name—usually the surname only—necessary to find the entry… Read More
Writers sometimes use short descriptive phrases in place of formal titles before people's names. Read More
In prose and works-cited-list entries, the first and last names of authors should begin with a capital letter. All other letters should be lowercase. Let’s… Read More
The names of persons should be given in full when they first appear in the body text of your essay; subsequent mentions of the person… Read More
We appreciate hearing from readers with suggestions for adapting MLA style to specific cases. Here, one reader finds a way to clarify a potentially ambiguous… Read More
The order of sources in parenthetical citations is up to you. Read More
If a character is predominantly referred to by a nickname in a work, then you may use that nickname in your paper. For example, in… Read More
No. When more than one name appears in a parenthetical citation, the order of those names should correspond to the quotations that precede the citation. Read More
No. You do not need to mention an author’s name in your prose before citing the author in a parenthetical citation. Surnames alone are used… Read More