Middle School MLA Citation Handout This PDF file is a printable version of two pages earlier in this handbook called Examples of Common Forms of Sources for Citation.

What is the correct mla format for a parenthetical citation for this magazine article. If the source youre planning to cite does not have an authors name mentioned you can indicate only the title of the source in the narrative or parenthetical in-text citation MLA. Question 11 of 21 2 Points What is the correct MLA format for a parenthetical citation for this Internet article. Where no page reference is available on a Web page indicate the authors last name or the short title if no author is stated without any page reference eg.

If you are citing a reference entry that has two authors include both names separated by an ampersand. Number all pages consecutively with Arabic numerals 1 2 3 4 etc one-half. Meyer or Patron Saints Index.

Double space between the title and the first line of the text. Journal Title volumeissue Year. There are 12 basic formats.

We have designed our tutorials to work together and this tutorial works well with our works cited tutorial which gives you a step-by-step process for building works cited pages in MLA format. An MLA website citation includes the authors name the title of the page in quotation marks the name of the website in italics the publication date and the URL without https. Correct answer to the question.

This usually includes the authors last name along with the publication date andor the page number. Include a parenthetical citation when you refer to summarize paraphrase or quote from another source. MLA citation style uses a simple two-part parenthetical documentation system for citing sources.

What is MLA citation style. Entries in the works-cited list are created using the MLA template of core elements facts common to most sources like author title and publication date. The easiest way to see how parenthetical citation works is to see examples.