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- MLA style refers to works of others in your text that uses parenthetical citations
- involves using relevant source information when a sentence uses quotations or paraphrases
- simplest way is to source information in parentheses at end of sentences
- sometimes works better to put parenthetical somewhere else
- parenthetical citations depend on source medium
- upon sources entry on work cited pages
- any information in-text must correspond to source information on Work Cited page
- signal word or phrase you provide to readers must be the first thing that appears on left hand margins
- must correspond with work cited page
- author page method of in text citations
- authors last name and page number where quote is taken must appear in paper
- complete references should be on work cited pages
- authors name may appear in sentence itself or in parentheses
- put last name and page number
- readers can also check work cited pages
- for prints books magazines etc a single word or phrase needs authors name and page number
- you do not need to also include parenthetical citation
- in text citations use corporate author
- some citations might not include author of the source
- if no author can include short reference to title of the article
- author-page citation for classic and literary works with multiple editions
- if multiple authors make sure to add commas
- replace first names with “et al”
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