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MLA CITATION
•When you use information
from another source in your
paper (whether you are
quoting, summarizing, or
paraphrasing), you must cite
the source in order to give
credit to the original
author.
MLA CITATION
IN-TEXT
MLA format requires you to
cite your sources in two ways:
•In-text citations
•Works cited page
IN-TEXT CITATIONS
•“In-text citations” are
(surprise!) citations that
appear within the text of your
paper.
•This type of citation is also
called “parenthetical
citation”
PARENTHETICAL CITATION
•The basic format of a
parenthetical citation is
this:
•(Boyd 145)
Author’s Page
last name number
AUTHOR’S NAME IN TEXT
If you use the author’s name
in your text, you can leave
their name out of your
parenthetical citation:
•According to Stark, the Iron
Man suit is a marvel of
modern engineering (15).
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