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MLA Formating
MLA Formatting: In Text Citations
In Text Citations:
What is MLA Formatting?
- Your in text citations are the citations that are "right there" in your essay.
Examples:
- MLA formatting is specific way to write an research essay.
- It involves citing (or giving credit to) the sources (articles, books, etc) you used in researching your paper.
Author
- Here is an example:
People remember her as a strong ruler
("Kingdom").
- In 1635, Ginga formed an alliance with the kingdoms of Kongo and Kassange (O'Shaughnessy).
- People remember her as a great diplomat, a fierce leader, and a strong ruler ("Kingdom").
Uhhh...MLA formatting is
so tricky....
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Citing Your Sources In Text
MLA formatting is broken down in two parts:
1. Works Cited Page
- Most of your research is from articles your found online.
- If you know the author your in text citation will be the authors name in the parentheses.
- If there is no author you will put the article's title (with quotation marks)in the parentheses.
2. In Text (In Essay) Citations