You should always create works-cited-list entries for works that you quote from, paraphrase, or substantively discuss. Thus you may need to create an entry for… Read More
In MLA style, if each part of the name of an ethnic or national group is an independent term, no hyphen is used, regardless of… Read More
When you refer to the names of headers or titled sections in a work, you may style them with or without quotation marks as long… Read More
The spelling of a title should almost never be corrected, especially by students, even when the title seems to include an error. Sometimes the “error”… Read More
Whether to capitalize or lowercase the first letter of the first word of a quotation depends on how the quotation is integrated into your prose… Read More
The language that you use to describe elements in your works-cited list should be the language that your paper is written in, which should also… Read More
No. “Sic” is only used to indicate an error in the original, not unusual styling. Read More
The MLA Handbook explains that you should “[i]dentify an omission within a sentence by using three periods with a space before each and a space… Read More
Epigraphs establish tone, highlight allusions, provide commentary, and mark transitions between parts of a work. Primarily ornamental, they are not discussed subsequently in the text. … Read More
Mention the author of the section you are citing in a signal phrase. For clarity, you might indicate the name of the section in your… Read More