MLA in-text citations
MLA uses a simple and consistent style for all references to a source, whether the content is paraphrased or quoted. Provide enough information in the citation to help your audience find the correct work on the reference list and find the cited material in the source itself. Typically, this means that citations include the author’s last name and the page number for the cited material. If you are referring to an entire work and not a specific passage, no page number is needed. MLA documentation never includes publication dates in the parentheses.
The following examples correspond with the APA examples on pages 522–529 shown earlier in the appendix but are formatted as MLA-style citations. Fewer examples are provided because ...
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